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AUGUST   1954 


NAUVOO  TEMPLE  RUINS 


Beginning  In  This  Issue: 

"Route  From  Liverpool  To  Great  Salt  Lake  Valley" 
With  Sketches  and  Accounts  by  Artist  Fredrick  Piercy 


KITCHEN     PORTRAIT     BY 


BACKGROUND    FOR    MODERN    LIVING 


A   PRODUCT    OF    GLADDING,  McBEAN    &,    CO 


TILE   TALK 

BY  YOUR 
HERMOSA   TILE    CONTRACTOR 

The  lucky  lady  pictured  at  the  left 
doesn't  have  to  "come  out  of  the  kitchen" 
to  join  family  and  guests.  For,  thanks  to 
smart  planning,  the  kitchen  has  made 
friends  with  the  rest  of  the  house.  No 
longer  does  the  modern  homemaker 
scurry  breathlessly  between  dining 
room,  living  room  and  kitchen  in  her 
three-way  role  of  cook,  maid,  hostess. 

Exciting  new  things  are  happening  to 
today's  kitchen.  Its  "servants"  come 
built  in.  And  they're  far  more  efficient, 
too :  The  automatic  dishwasher ;  the  oven 
built  into  the  wall  and  vented  so  that  heat 
doesn't  escape  into  the  kitchen;  the 
home  freezer ;  the  garbage  disposal  unit ; 
the  electric  refrigerator;  the  infra-red 
broiler;  and,  of  course,  beautiful,  easy- 
to-clean  Hermosa  Clay  Tile. 

Hermosa  Tile  makes  life  easier  for 
you  — whether  you  prefer  the  new  com- 
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dining  room  and  separate  kitchen.  This 
modern  ceramic  tile  saves  hours  of  back- 
breaking  scrubbing,  cleans  as  easily  as 
your  favorite  china.  Moreover,  when 
you  take  a  pie  out  of  the  oven  or  a  pot 
off  the  range,  you  can  put  it  right  on  the 
counter.  Hermosa's  Dura-Glaze  surface 
will  not  burn,  blister  or  scratch. 


It's  easy  to  achieve  a  beautiful  kitchen 
or  bathroom  with  this  versatile  material. 
Your  Hermosa  Tile  contractor  will  be 
happy  to  show  you  the  complete  line  of 
colors  and  designs;  show  you  how  this 
fade-proof,  wear-proof,  time-proof  mate- 
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beauty  into  your  home.  You  can  depend, 
too,  upon  his  knowledge  of  tile  and  his 
skill  in  applying  it. 

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AUGUST  1954 


BIGGEST  NEW 


In  Cracker  History! 


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for  the 
youth  of 
today 


FOR  TIME  OR 
ETERNITY? 


By  Mark   E.   Petersen 


This  is  a  timely  book  directed  primarily  to  the 
youth  of  the  Church.  Written  in  story  form,  this 
interesting  commentary  tells  of  an  L.D.S.  girl  who 
falls  in  love  with  a  non-member.  The  problems 
and  final  union  of  thought  result  in  an  interesting 
story  —  with  all  the  Church  concepts  on  dating, 
Temple  marriage,  and  missionary  work  clearly 
expressed.  A  perfect  guide  for  the  youth  of  our 
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turies A.D.  and  did  not  become  common 
until  the  later  date.  Classical  Greek 
and  Latin  manuscripts  usually  had  no 
separation,  though  sometimes  dots  or 
apostrophes  were  used  to  set  off  the 
words. 

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VOLUME  57 


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NUMBER  8 


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Editors:   DAVID  0.  McKAY     -     RICHARD  L.   EVANS 

Managing  Editor:   DOYLE  L.  GREEN 

Associate  Managing  Editor:  MARBA  C.  JOSEPHSON 

Production   Editor:    ELIZABETH    J.    MOFFITT     -     Research    Editor:    ALBERT    L. 

ZOBELL,   JR     -     Manuscript   Editor:    IRIS    PARKER 

Contributing  Editors:  ARCHIBALD   F.    BENNETT     -     G.   HOMER   DURHAM 

FRANKLIN  S.  HARRIS,  JR.     -      HUGH    NIBLEY     -      LEE  A.   PALMER 

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The  Editor's  Page 


Some  Characteristics  of  "the  Kingdom" 

President  David  O.  McKay  557 

Church  Features 

Your  Question — "Why  Did  Jesus  Come  Alive  Again?"  ._ 

- Joseph  Fielding  Smith  559 

Highlights  of  the  1954  M  I  A  Conference 570,  571,  572,  573,  574 

Snowflake-Mesa  Girls'  Home H.  A.  Hendrickson  575 


The  Church  Moves  On  552 

New  Appointees  to  Y  W  M  I A  Gen- 
eral Board   554 


Melchizedek    Priesthood    584 

Presiding  Bishopric's  Page  586 


Special  Features 


"Route  from  Liverpool  to  Great  Salt  Lake  Valley"  with  Sketches 

and  Accounts  by  Fredrick  Piercy — Part  I Doyle  L.  Green  560 

In  the  Steps  of  Abraham  (Concluded  from  June) -Stanley  Kimball  566 

You  Can  Do  the  Impossible Rose  A.  Openshaw  568 

Holiday  for  Mama _ Melba  S.  Payne  576 

The  Spoken  Word  from  Temple  Square  

...Richard  L.  Evans  580,  582,  590,  604 

These  Times,  Change  of  Policy  In 
Europe?  G.  Homer  Durham  550 


Exploring  the  Universe,  Franklin  S. 
Harris,  Jr.  546 

Today's  Family 

Florence  B.  Pinnock  Finds  Cook- 
ing  Relaxing   596 

Handy  Hints  597 

If  I  Were  in  My  Teens,  Merle  P. 
Poulson  598 


The  Best  Mode  of  Travel,  Ezra  J. 

Poulsen   599 

" — But   No   Hyacinths,"    Florence 

J.   Johnson   600 

Book  Reviews   607 

Your  Page  &  Ours 608 


Stories,  Poetry 

Handcarts  Westward — Part  6  Helen  Orgill  Kimball  564 

The  Kaleidoscope Iris  Schow  569 

Frontispiece,  Sleeping  Sea,  Daisy  L.         Tomorrow,  Dorothy  Marie  Davis  ....598 

Detrick    555       As    Long    as    There    Is    Loveliness, 

Poetry  Page 556  Ethelyn  M.  Kincher  604 


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Our  cover  this  month  is  from  a  sketch 
by  Fredrick  Piercy.  He  made  the  draw- 
ing over  a  hundred  years  ago  on  the 
spot  and  called  it,  "Nauvoo  Temple  Ruins." 
It  was  colored  and  adapted  to  cover  use 
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r\N  June  28,  1954,  the  President  of  the 
United  States  and  the  Prime  Min- 
ister of  the  United  Kingdom  concluded 
four  days  of  talk  in  Washington,  D.  C. 
It  was  forty  years  to  the  day  since  the 
assassination  of  the  Archduke  Franz 
Ferdinand  of  Austria  on  June  28,  1914, 
which  ushered  in  World  War  I.  It  was 
thirty-five  years  to  the  day  since  the 
final  text  of  the  Treaty  of  Versailles  was 
signed,  June  28,  1919.  No  one  in  the 
United  States  seemed  to  remember,  yet 
the  fact  that  President  Eisenhower  and 
Sir  Winston  Churchill  were  conferring 
in  Washington  on  that  day  was  note- 
worthy.    It  marked  an  era. 

In  the  five-year  interval  between 
June  28,  1914,  and  June  28,  1919,  the 
United  States,  in  one 
sense,  abandoned  its 
hemisphere  policy,  the 
Monroe  Doctrine,  so  far 
as  forceful  intervention 
in  European  affairs  was 
concerned.  At  Versailles, 
Woodrow  Wilson  at- 
tempted to  make  inter- 
national political  collab- 
oration, t  hr  o  u  g  h  the 
League  of  Nations,  the  cornerstone  of 
the  peace  and  of  American  foreign 
policy.  The  effort  failed.  Instead,  col- 
laboration with  Europe  in  the  effort  to 
control  Asia,  by  means  of  the  Washing- 
ton Treaties  of  1921-1922,  became  the 
basis  of  American  policy  between  the 
wars.  Included  in  these  treaties  were 
the  famous  pacts  guaranteeing  "the 
territorial  integrity  of  China."  They 
provided  a  legal  and  political  basis  for 
Pearl  Harbor  in  1941  and  its  after- 
math— a  long  and  complicated  story. 
Also  included  were  the  naval  treaties 
with  the  famous  5-5-3  ratios,  which,  in 
effect,  continued  a  kind  of  American- 
British  sea-power  military  alliance  in 
the  effort  to  keep  the  world  safe  and 
sound  from  our  combined  points  of  view. 
By  June  28,  1954,  this  sea-power  alliance 
had  been  considerably  strengthened, 
deepened,  and  broadened  by  World 
War  II,  the  British  loan  of  1946,  the 
Marshall  Plan  aid  of  1948  to  Britain, 
and  NATO  in  1949.  In  the  effort  to 
reconstruct  political  and  economic 
Europe  (on  the  western  edge  of  that 
continent),  the  United  States  attempted 
build    its    policy    (as    distinguished 

mi  its  relations  with  insular  Britain 
and  its  commonwealth  affiliates)  around 
the  hub  of  France. 

In    the    crude    language    of    power- 


politics,  American  policy  since  1948  and 
1949,  has  been  premised  on  the  assump- 
tion that  a  French  state  could  and 
would  maintain  a  French  army  as  the 
core  of  western  European  land  de- 
fense. To  this  was  added  American 
divisions  and  the  so-called  beginnings 
of  a  "European  army"  under  General 
Eisenhower  himself  in  1950  and  1951. 
Further,  the  "EDC"  plan  of  the  "Euro- 
pean Defense  Community,"  with  the 
way  open  for  French-German  and  even 
European  union — including  the  Schu- 
man  plan  of  a  combined  continental 
coal  and  iron  economy,  and  the  use  of 
West  German  troops  in  a  European 
army — was  fostered  and  encouraged  as 
the  basis  for  American  policy  in  Europe. 
The  Marshall  Plan 
went  forward  as  the  eco- 
nomic basis  for  this  new 
"posture  of  defense" — as 
P  General      Marshall      (as 

Secretary  of  State)  called 
it. 

But  France  was  bled 
white  and  spread  thin. 
One  person  in  every 
thirty-five  French  men, 
women,  and  children,  was  killed  in 
1914-18,  compared  with  one  in  about 
every  10,000  for  the  USA.  The  one  in 
that  French  ratio  of  thirty-five  was  a 
young  man  aged  18-35.  A  generation 
of  the  best  germ  plasm,  bone,  sinew, 
and  brain  power  was  sacrificed  on  the 
altar  of  the  gods  of  war.  Available 
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— in  Asia — the  events  which  may  have 
proved  to  be  the  undoing  of  American 
foreign   policy  in   Europe. 

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AUGUST  1954 


551 


MOVES 

A  Day   To  Day  Chronology  Of  Church  Events 


May  1954 

>0     President  S.   Dilworth   Young   of 
the   First  Council  of  the   Seventy 
delivered  the  baccalaureate  sermon  be- 
fore the   graduating  class  of  the  Utah 
State  Agricultural  College. 

IQ  Elder  Ezra  Taft  Benson  of  the 
Council  of  the  Twelve  and  US 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  was  awarded 
the  Silver  Buffalo,  highest  award  given 
by  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America,  in  exer- 
cises in  Washington,  D.  C. 

It  was  announced  that  during  the 
month  of  May  the  headquarters  of  the 
Southern  States  Mission  had  been 
moved  to  2055  East  Lake  Road,  N.  E., 
Atlanta,  Georgia. 


Presiding  Bishop  Joseph  L.  Wii 
lin    dedicated    the   chapel    of 


irth- 
lapel    ot   the 
Thatcher  Ward,  Bannock  (Idaho)  Stake. 


June  1954 

Elder  Harold  B.  Lee  of  the  Coun- 
cil   of   the    Twelve    dedicated   the 
combination  Cottonwood  (Utah)  Stake 
house     and     Holladay     Fourth     Ward 
chapel. 

Elder  Milton  R.  Hunter  of  the  First 
Council  of  the  Seventy  dedicated  the 
chapel  of  the  Fairfield  (Montana) 
Branch,   West   Central    States   Mission. 

Elder   Milton    R.   Hunter   of  the 
First  Council  of  the  Seventy  dedi- 
cated the  chapel  of  the  Hamilton  (Mon- 
tana)    Branch,     West     Central     States 
Mission. 


9 


A  day-long  YWMIA  camp  insti- 
tute  in  Mill   Creek   Canyon  was 


held. 

|  A  Bee  Hive  camporee  and  sports 
institute  was  held  in  Mill  Creek 
Canyon. 

Two  performances  of  the  MIA  drama 
festival  were  given  at  Kingsbury  Hall, 
University  of  Utah  campus. 

The  fifth  annual  all-Church  relay 
opened  at  the  University  of  Utah 
stadium.  The  shuttle  relay  was  won 
by  Steve,  Charles,  and  Joe  Jackson 
(brothers),  and  Oscar  Anderson  of  Fill- 
more, Utah.  Ajo  (Arizona)  was  second, 
while  Syracuse  (Utah)  took  third,  and 
East  Twelfth  (Salt  Lake  City)  finished 
fourth.  John  Egan  of  Salt  Lake  City 
won  the  junior  mile  event,  setting  an 
all-time  record  for  the  all-Church  meet 
of  4:46.5. 

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The  MIA  June  dance  festival  was 
presented  in  the  University  of  Utah 
stadium.  Nearly  nine  thousand  dancers 
participated.  Unseasonable  cold  kept 
the  number  of  spectators  down  from  the 
over-flow    audiences    of    previous   years. 

June  MIA  Conference  officially 
opened  with  a  reception  on  the 
Tabernacle  grounds,  followed  by  gen- 
eral sessions  in  the  Tabernacle.  Elder 
Mark  E.  Petersen  of  the  Council  of  the 
Twelve  and  adviser  to  the  MIA,  was 
among  the  speakers  at  the  morning 
session.  Elder  Harold  B.  Lee  of  the 
Council  of  the  Twelve  was  a  speaker 
at  the  afternoon  general  session.  This 
session  honored  the  Bee  Hive  Girls  of 
the  YWMIA  who  this  year  are  cele- 
brating  their   fortieth    anniversary. 

The  all-Church  relay  concluded  in 
the  University  of  Utah  stadium.  East 
Twelfth  (Salt  Lake  City)  running 
Bryce  Chamberlain,  Robert  Madsen, 
Gary  Smith,  and  Preston  Thompson, 
won  the  440  relay,  with  Ajo  (Arizona) 
placing  second.  Royd  Shumway  of 
Tempe  (Arizona)  won  the  open  mile 
event,  at  4:24.6. 

The  MIA  June  dance  festival  was 
presented  for  the  second  time  in  the 
University  of  Utah  stadium.  This  time 
the  weather  had  moderated  and  there 
was  an  over-capacity  audience  to  wit- 
ness it. 

O  Today's   MIA   conference    sessions 

.""/  were  departmental,  meeting  in 
various  parts  of  the  city. 

Two  evening  performances  of  the 
music  festival  were  given  in  the  Taber- 
nacle. The  festival  featured  a  112-piece 
youth  symphony  orchestra  and  a  sixteen 
hundred-voice  youth  chorus. 

It  was  announced  that  Miss  Jane 
Thompson  of  Provo,  Utah,  had  been 
appointed  to  the  YWMIA  general 
board. 

Elder  George  Q.  Morris  of  the 
Council  of  the  Twelve,  a  former 
general  superintendent  of  the  Young 
Men's  Mutual  Improvement  Associa- 
tion delivered  an  address  entitled  "Our 
Youth"  to  the  nation-wide  audience  of 
the  Columbia  Broadcasting  System  radio 
network  on  the  Church  of  the  Air  pro- 
gram. Music  was  taken  from  the  MIA 
music  festival  presented  in  the  Taber- 
nacle last  night. 

A  morning  general  session  of  MIA 
June  conference  was  held  in  the  Taber- 
nacle under  the  direction  of  the  First 
Presidency. 

The  MIA  June  speech  conference,  us- 


ing the  theme  "Our  Temples"  was 
held  in  the  Tabernacle.  President  J. 
Reuben  Clark,  Jr.,  was  the  featured 
speaker. 

C  Dr.  Adam  S.  Bennion  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  the  Twelve  was  named  to 
head  an  important  study  group  on 
federal  aid  to  education.  This  commit- 
tee is  to  study  the  entire  field  of  federal 
responsibility  in  education  and  to  assist 
the  Commission  on  Intergovernmental 
Relations  in  making  its  final  recom- 
mendations to  President  Dwight  D. 
Eisenhower.  The  committee's  meet- 
ings will  be  held  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

It     was     announced     that     Mrs. 

Thelma  J.  Ryser  had  been  called 
to  the  general  board  of  the  Primary  As- 
sociation and  assigned  to  the  music 
committee  of  that  organization. 

j)  |j    President  Stephen  L  Richards  of 

the  First  Presidency  dedicated  the 

chapel    of    the    Springview    and    Spring 

Glen    wards,    Grant    (Salt   Lake   City) 

Stake. 

President  J.  Reuben  Clark,  Jr.  of  the 
First  Presidency  dedicated  the  chapel  of 
the  Smith  and  Smith  West  wards,  Grant 
(Salt  Lake  City)  Stake. 

Elder  Mark  E.  Petersen  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  the  Twelve  dedicated  the  chapel 
of  Salem  Ward,  North  Rexburg  (Idaho) 
Stake. 

South  Blackfoot  Stake,  214th  such 
unit  now  functioning  in  the  Church, 
organized  from  portions  of  Blackfoot 
(Idaho)  Stake,  with  Elder  Lawrence  T. 
Lambert,  who  has  served  as  second 
counselor  in  the  Blackfoot  Stake  sus- 
tained as  president.  Elders  Darrell 
Wilson  and  C.  Dean  Packer  were  sus- 
tained as  his  counselors.  Wards  in  the 
new  stake  are  Blackfoot  Second,  Third, 
Fifth,  and  Sixth;  Pingree,  Riverside, 
Riverton,  and  Thomas.  President  Par- 
ley A.  Arave,  and  his  first  counselor, 
Elder  Howard  Packham  were  retained 
in  their  positions  in  Blackfoot  Stake. 
Elder  Willard  Smith  Wray  was  sus- 
tained as  second  counselor,  succeeding 
Elder  Lambert.  Wards  remaining  in 
Blackfoot  Stake  are  Blackfoot  First  and 
Fourth:  Groveland,  Moreland,  Rose,  and 
Wapello.  The  stake  organization  was 
under  the  direction  of  Elders  Harold  B. 
Lee  and  George  Q.  Morris  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  the  Twelve. 

Sacrament  meetings  throughout  the 
Church  commemorated  the  125th  anni- 
versary of  the  restoration  of  the  Mel- 
chizedek  Priesthood. 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


Surprise/ 

Mow  her  toaster 
really  toasts 
drispu  toasb  / 


"Why  douldrit  it  do  that  before  ? 


What  WAS  the  matter  with  this  lady's  toaster? 
Nothing  at  all.  It  just  wasn't  getting  the  power 
it  needed! 

Why  not?  Simply  because  the  wiring  in  the  lady's 
house  wasn't  large  enough  to  carry  the  necessary 
electricity  to  her  toaster  as  well  as  to  the  many 
other  appliances  she  uses. 

But,  as  you  can  see  from  the  lady's  face,  she  did 
something  about  it.  So  can  you,  if  your  house  is  suf- 
fering from  the  same  electrical  troubles.  And  it's 
4  to  1  that  it  is! 

For  instance,  if  your  home  was  built  more  than  10 
years  ago,  you  can  be  positive  that  its  original 
wiring  cannot  care  for  all  the  appliances  you've 
bought  these  past  few  years.  In  fact,  even  a  brand- 


Published  for  your  information  by 


new  house  may  be  electrically  unfit  to  handle  the 
load  of  all  the  appliances  you  now  own! 

How  can  you  tell  if  your  home  wiring  needs  atten- 
tion? In  addition  to  poorly-operating  appliances: 
Dimming  of  lights  when  you  operate  appliances; 
Slow  heating  of  toaster,  iron,  etc.;  Frequent  blow- 
ing of  fuses;  Poor  TV  reception  when  appliances 
are  in  use;  Too  few  outlets  and  switches  where 
you  need  them. 

If  you  find  these  symptoms  in  your  home,  you  can 
be  sure  that  you  are  putting  up  with  more  than 
inconvenience.  You're  also  losing  money  in  wasted 
current.  You're  risking  fire  from  under-sized,  over- 
loaded, overheated  wires! 

Why  take  chances?  Ask  your  local  electrician  for 
an  electrical  check-up! 


Look  To  Your  Electricity! 

K  If  you  own  a  house,  see  your 
electrician.  He  will  gladly  make  a 
study  of  your  wiring  system,  tell  you 
what  work  if  any  may  be  needed, 
and  its  cost. 

K     If  you  plan  to  buy  a  house, don't 

forget  to  check  up  on  the  age  and 
capacity  of  its  wiring.  Better  still, 
have  an  electrician  inspect  it  for  you! 

V    If  you  are  going  to  build,  be 

sure  to  plan  your  wiring  for  the 
future  as  well  as  the  present.  Re- 
member that  on  the  average,  your 
electrical  needs  increase  10%  every 
year! 

Kennecott  Copper  Corporation, 
161  E.  42nd  St.,' New  York  17.N.Y. 

Fabricating  Subsidiaries: 

Chase  Brass  &  Copper  Co. 
Kennecott  Wire  &  Cable  Co. 


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Kennecott  Copper  Corporation 

A    Good    Neighbor    Helping    to    Build    a    Better    Utah 


AUGUST  1954 


553 


to  Home 
Canning 


FOR  A  PIQUANT  ACCENT  TO 
SNACKS— BETTER  EATING  ANY 
TIME— YOU  CAN'T  BEAT  HOME- 
CANNED  RELISHES  and  PICKLES. 
And  you  can't  beat  their  bud- 
get-prices— with  home  can- 
ning costing  only  about  3^  a 
jar,  for  heat,  cap  and  jar  (esti- 
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Inside  Story 

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enamel  lining  of  the  Ball 
■  Dome  Lid  ...  a  smooth, 
cream- white  inner  surface 
that  resists  food  acids.  And  they  like  the 
seal  they  can  SEE  .  .  .  Ball  Dome  down, 
jar  sealed. 

Why  Fruits  Float 

Fruit  floats  in  jars  because  it  is  lighter 
than  the  syrup.  Floating  may  be  pre- 
vented or  reduced  by  using  firm,  ripe  fruit 
. .  .  heating  before  packing  .  .  .  using  light 
to  medium  syrup  . . .  packing  closely  with- 
out crushing  .  .  .  using  the  right  timing 
and  method. 

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BALL   BROS.    GO 


New  Appointees  to  YWMIA  General  Board 


K 


Joie  Elaine  McKean 


Iris   Parker 


Miss  Joie  Elaine  McKean  and 
Miss  Iris  Parker  of  Salt  Lake 
City,  and  Miss  Jane  Thompson 
of  Provo,  have  been  appointed  to  the 
general  board  of  the  Young  Women's 
Mutual  Improvement  Association. 

Miss  McKean,  long  active  in  vari- 
ous Church  assignments,  was,  when 
this  call  came,  filling  a  stake  mission 
in  the  Hillside  (Salt  Lake  City) 
Stake.  Beginning  in  January  1951 
she  filled  a  full  time  mission  in 
Hawaii,  laboring  in  Honolulu  and 
in  Hilo.  She  has  held  many  MIA 
positions  in  the  Colonial  Hills  Ward 
of  Hillside  Stake,  among  them  being: 
Bee  Hive  leader,  Junior  Girls'  activity 
director,  ward  secretary,  and  Gleaner 
leader. 

She  is  the  daughter  of  Joseph 
McKean,  deceased,  and  Ruth  Larsen 
McKean  Manson.  She  attended  pub- 
lic schools  in  Dividend  and  Goshen, 
Utah,  was  graduated  from  Payson 
High  School,  attended  the  Univer- 
sity of  Utah,  and  received  her  degree 
from  LDS  Hospital  School  of  Nurs- 
ing. She  served  for  one  year  in  the 
Army  Nurse  Corps.  She  has  been 
assigned  to  the  Bee  Hive  Commit- 
tee. 

Miss  Parker  is  a  member  of  the 
staff  of  The  Improvement  Era,  serv- 
ing as  manuscript  editor  and  "To- 
day's  Family"  editor. 

At  the  time  of  her  appointment  to 
the  Speech  Committee  of  the  general 
board,  she  was  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity (Salt  Lake)  Stake  YWMIA 
board,  where  she  has  had  assignments 
in  the  Speech  and  Gleaner  depart- 
ments during  the  past  two  years.  She 
has  also  worked  in  the  Junior  Gleaner 
department  and  in  the  LDS  Girls' 
program  in  the  University  Ward. 
Emigration  Stake.  She  was  secretary 
and  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  School 
of  the  Joseph  Ward  (South  Sevier 
Stake),  valedictorian  of  her  graduat- 


ing class  at  South  Sevier  High  School, 
and  a  graduate  of  the  South  Sevier 
Seminary. 

Miss  Parker,  a  journalism  graduate 
of  Brigham  Young  University,  was 
presented,  during  her  senior  year, 
with  an  award  for  rendering  the  nv/St 
outstanding  service  to  the  school  in 
journalism   during   that   year. 

Her  parents  are  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  Elbert  Parker  of  Joseph,  Utah. 

Miss  Thompson,  assigned  to  the 
Bee  Hive  Committee  of  the  Young 
Women's  MIA  general  board,  is  pro- 
gram director  of  Brigham  Young  Uni- 
versity, where  for  the  past  two  years 
she  has  sent  out  more  than  one  thou- 
sand student  talent  shows  throughout 
the  West. 


JJgjMflj 


Jane  Thompson 


554 


She  was  graduated  from  the  Raft 
River  High  School  as  salutatorian 
and  then  attended  Brigham  Young 
University  where  she  was  graduated 
with  honors  and  with  an  A.  B.  degree 
in  music. 

After  World  War  II  she  went  to 
Europe  as  a  member  of  the  Civilian 
Actress  Technician  Service  and  per- 
formed in,  arranged,  and  directed 
soldier  shows.  In  Europe  she  wrote 
a  musical  comedy  that  toured  the 
European  Theater  of  Operations  for 
five  months. 

After  the  war,  Miss  Thompson's 
work  took  her  to  Southern  California, 
where  she  taught  music  in  the  Los 
Angeles  public  schools,  did  radio  and 
television  work,  and  sang  with  Ike 
Carpenter's  dance  orchestra.  She 
served  as  activity  counselor  in  the 
YWMIA  of  the  Wilshire  Ward,  Los 
Angeles  Stake,  and  was  director  of 
music  and  special  activities. 

In  1950  she  was  called  on  a  mis- 
sion to  Great  Britain. 

She  is  the  daughter  of  Bishop  and 
Mrs.  J.  Henry  Thompson  of  Malta, 
Idaho. 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


Sleeping  Sea 


by  Daisy  L.  Detrick 


The  night  is  still. 
White  sails  hang  motionless. 
The  gracious  light  of  all  the  tranquil  stars 
And  of  the  moon,  full-orbed, 
Silvers  the  purple  velvet  of  the  sky. 
The  water's  somber  mystery  is  veiled. 
There  is  a  gentle  swell  beneath  the  keel, 
The  quiet  rhythmic  breathing  of  the  sleeping  sea. 


Photograph   by   Fletcher  O.    Gould 


AUGUST  1954 


555 


mm 


INTRUDER 

By  Frances  Rodman 

He  who  takes  a  summer  cottage 
Finds  that  he  is  but  a  guest; 
In  the  bushes,  long  before 

He  came,  was  built  a  busy  nest. 
Wasps  beneath  the  porch's  rafters, 

Spiders  in  the  window  frame 
Are  in  residence;  a  snail 

On  the  stone  has  scrawled  his  name. 

He  who  takes  a  summer  cottage 

Is  a  stranger  to  all  these; 
Gossip  haunts  him  in  his  slumber, 

Whispered  by  the  leaning  trees. 
Eyes  are  watching  day  and  night 

What  he  does  and  where  he  goes, 
Waiting  for  him  to  depart, 

Waiting  for  the  door  to  close. 

FAREWELL  TO  DAY 
By  Mabel  Jones  Gahhott 

Slowly,  imperceptibly, 
The  burnished  west  grows  dim; 
Fading  like  famished  embers,  hushed 

And  still,  or  like  a  hymn, 
Whose  last  familiar  note  lingers 
When  hands  no  longer  play; 

Slowly,  reluctantly, 

Earth  bids  farewell  to  day, 
Stretches  a  little  shadow's  length, 

Turns  the  twilight  on, 
And  rests,  knowing  tomorrow's  light 

Will  quicken  with  the  dawn. 

THE  HOBBLED  HEART 

By  Margo  Brown 

J  chose  a  daughter  but  didn't  choose 
■*-    The  metal  bar  between  her  shoes. 
There  were  doctors — nurses — a  hospital  bed. 
"She  may  go  with  a  bar,"  a  firm  voice  said. 
So  the  bar  was  made,  and  I  set  her  down: 
Two  small,  hobbled  feet  on  uncertain  ground. 
In  anxious  dread  I  watched  her  start, 
And  I  felt  that  I  had  a  hobbled  heart. 

She  stumbled  a  little  while  starting  out, 
But  laughing  eagerly,  hitched  about. 
She  reached  the  children — began  a  game. 
And  my  hobbled   heart  was  wrung  with 

shame. 
She  had  not  looked  back  but  with  lifted  head 
Had  hurried  to  greet  the  world  instead! 
Then  I  knew  my  own  fear  had  fettered  me, 
And  my  heart  was  suddenly,  surely  free! 

CLUB  LUNCHEON 
By  Gladys  Stewart  Bennion 

She  served  her  guests  on  fragile  china 
dishes, 
On  plates,  transparent,  edged  in  Royal  Blue, 
There  really  wasn't  much  to  eat,  but  beauty, 
You  felt  it  everywhere,  ere  you  were  through; 
The  dainty  jellied  salads,  frilled  with  lettuce, 
The  thin  white  cookies,  crispy,  luscious  sweet, 
Were  good,  but   oh,  the  words  the  hostess 

served  us 
As  we  were  seated  there,  prepared  to  eat; 
The  lunch  itself  we  hardly  knew  we  tasted; 
We  didn't  realize  that  we'd  been  fed; 
Her  wondrous  relishes  of  conversation 
Had  filled  our  minds;  and  we  were 
.     banqueted. 

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OH  GRANT  TO  ME 
By  Zelda  Davis  Howard 

God,  guide  my  eyes  to  daily  find 
The  beauty  of  the  hidden  kind, 
The  blossom  of  an  ugly  weed, 
The  heaven  of  a  humble  deed, 
The  glory  of  the  birth  of  spring, 
The  joy  that  moves  the  soul  to  sing; 
Oh,  grant  to  me  the  master  art 
Give  me  the  understanding  heart. 

A  CAMPFIRE 
By  Thelma  Ireland 

A  campfire  blazing  in  the  dark, 
Bouquet  of  flaming  light 
That  frees  all  in  its  radius 
From  earth's  enslaving  night. 
It  stretches  up  toward  the  sky 
As  if  wont  to  reach  Mars. 
That  can't  be  done  so  it  sends  sparks 
To  mingle  with  the  stars. 

RIVER  MOODS 
By  Daisy   L.   Detrick 

How  gay  is  the  river  when  the  sun  shines 
bright 
And  the  deep  waters  dapple  in  the  golden 

light! 
The  willow  trails  her  fingers  in  the  cool  ebb 

and  flow, 
And  the  wary  trout  darts  in  the  pools  down 

below. 
The  gray  squirrels  chatter  in  the  old  beech 

tree 
While  the  river  flows  and  flows  on  its  way 

to  the  sea. 

How  tranquil  is  the  river  when  the  moon 
rides   high, 

And  her  soft  beams  fall  from  a  star- 
spangled   sky! 

Then  every  swirl  and  ripple  has  a  silvery 
sheen, 

And  the  trees  make  velvet  shadows  where 
it  glides  between. 

The  splash  of  the  water  seems  to  hint  at 
mystery, 

And  I  want  to  follow,  follow  all  the  way 
to  the  sea. 


-Photograph   by   Martin  S.   Dworkin 


THEY  PASSED  THIS  WAY 

By  Deon  Nethercott  Olson 

npHEY  passed  this  way  and  tarried  for 
J-    awhile 

And  scattered  seeds  of  kindness  with  a  smile. 
The  precious  memories  in  hearts  of  friends 
Are  many  as  the  stars  and  have  no  ends. 
Desolate  and  lonely  families  weep, 
Yet  bravely  try  to  nourish  and  to  reap 
The  inspirations  planted  by  the  love 
Of  those  who  now  are  watching  from  above. 

The  Master's  voice  called  out,  and  mortal  ties 
Were  cut.    We  grieve  but  know  that  God  is 

wise. 
And  now,  according  to  a  greater  plan, 
They  walk  beyond  the  horizon  of  man. 
Somehow,    through    faith,    we    know    that 

someday  we 
Will  join  them  in  that  great  eternity. 

HOME-TOWN  MAN 
By  Vivian  Orden  Reeves 

T_Te  did  not  care  for  poetry,  he  said, 

*  ■"■   Yet    when    the    poppies    bloomed  —  a 

flame-bright  red — 
He  felt  the  awesome  beauty,  glowing  there, 
Reach  forth  and  touch  his  heart,  like  silent 

prayer. 
He  tilled  the  soil  and  saw  the  tiny  shoots 
Reach  up,  like  baby  fingers;  thought  the  roots 
Resembled  brown  toes  dug  into  the  loam. 
With   growing  things,   he   was  so  much   at 

home. 

He  loved  the  spider's  frail  arid  priceless  lace, 
The  mischief  hidden  in  a  pansy's  face, 
Heard,  wistfully,  the  call  of  meadow  lark    . 
Between  the  twilight  and  the  summer  dark. 
And  when  the  corn  shucks  dotted   autumn 

lands, 
He  saw  the  tepees  of  the  Indian  bands. 
He  had  no  time  for  poetry  or  art, 
Yet  lived  a  lifelong  poem  in  his  heart. 

RELATIONSHIP 
By  Helen  Harrington 

Old  Jacob  never  gave  to  nature.    He 
fought  it  every  inch  of  the  wayl 
He  clipped  the   branches   of  his   neighbor's 

tree 
that  overhung  his  fence  and  if  the  day 
was  dark  and  rainy,  he  would  storm  at  it 
as  if  his  storming  could  make  sunlight  come. 
Why  I've  even  seen  him  turn  to  twit 
a  rainbow  because  it  came  too  soon!    The 

sum 
and  substance  of  him  was:  he  could  not  wait. 
He  wanted  fencerows  clean  and  rivers 

straight, 
and  if  they  would  not  go  so,  railed  at  fate. 

Young  Alfred  was  not   like  that.    To   him 

earth 
was  an  enchanting,  good,  but  wilful  child, 
and  if  it  disobeyed  or  saw  no  worth 
in  his  ideas  for  it,  he  was  mild 
in  reprimand.   He  figured  it  might  know 
a  thing  or  two  he  didn't!    He'd  be  blest 
if   he'd    uproot   wild   strawberries!    and    his 

furrow 
was  often  crooked  where  he'd  spared  a  nest. 
Old  Jacob  grew  quite  brittle  at  the  end 
because  he  never  learned  to  give  or  bend. 
Young  Alfred  died  with  even  wind  his  friend. 

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Some  Characteristics  of  "the  Kingdom" 


by  President  David  O.  McKay 


From  among  the  sublime  teachings  of  the  Savior 
in  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount  I  quote  the 
following: 

".  .  .  seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God,  and 
his  righteousness;  and  all  these  things  shall  be 
added  unto  you."   (Matt.  6:33.) 

The  mission  of  the  Church  is  to  prepare  the 
way  for  the  final  establishment  of  the  kingdom 
of  God  on  earth.  Its  purpose  is,  first,  to  develop 
in  men's  lives  Christ-like  attributes;  and,  second, 
to  transform  society  so  that  the  world  may  be  a 
better  and  more  peaceful  place  in  which  to  live. 

In  the  changing  of  men's  lives  the  Church 
recognizes  certain  fundamental  factors  so  essen- 
tially important  that  they  are  constantly  called 
to  our  attention.  For  example,  in  recognizing 
the  reality  of  the  divine  edict  that  the  sins  of 
the  fathers  will  be  visited  upon  the  children  to 
the  third  and  fourth  generation  (see  Exodus 
20:5)  the  Church  emphasizes  the  necessity  of 
moral  and  physical  fitness  for  parenthood. 

Hence,  the  constant  plea  that  young  men  and 
women  live  clean,  chaste  lives  prior  to  their 
assuming  the  responsibility  of  marriage  and  re- 
main true  to  their  sacred  covenants  after  mar- 
riage. 

Hence,  there  is  constantly  held  before  us  the 
ideal  of  temple  marriage,  where  the  sanctity  of 
the  marriage  covenant  is  sealed  and  ratified  by 
the  highest  divine  authority  given  of  God  to 
man. 

Hence  the  emphasis  laid  upon  the  Word  of 
Wisdom  wherein  tobacco,  stimulants,  and  nar- 
cotics are  eschewed,  and  temperance  and  obedience 
to  the  laws  of  health  encouraged  and  admonished. 

Hence,  the  earnest  effort  of  the  Church  to  pro- 
vide a  religious  environment  for  the  growing 
child  almost  from  the  time  of  birth,  through  all 
its  organizations  and  activities. 

Says  one  writer: 


"The  most  fateful   years  in  life  are  the  first 

five,  and  this  is  the  time  when  life  is  subject  to 
its  environment,  and  before  self-consciousness  and 
self-direction  are  aroused.  .  .  ." 

Believing  the  adage,  "Train  up  a  child  in  the 
way  he  should  go,  and  when  he  is  old  he  will  not 
depart  from  it,"  (Proverbs  22:6)  the  Church 
fosters  organizations  and  activities  for  the  de- 
velopment of  character  among  the  children  and 
youth  of  the  Church.  Parents  who  fail  to  en- 
courage their  boys  to  attend  their  quorum  duties, 
who  fail  to  encourage  their  children  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  the  Sunday  School,  the  Primary,  and 
the  Mutual  and  Seminaries  and  Institutes  and 
other  opportunities  are  recreant  to  their  duties 
and  to  their  parental  responsibilities. 

These  are  but  a  few  of  the  aspects  of  the 
Church  devoted  to  the  phase  of  character  build- 
ing, and  to  something  which  is  even  more  precious 
— a  testimony,  of  the  truth  of  the  restored  gospel 
of  Jesus  Christ. 

The  first  duty  of  the  citizens  of  the  kingdom  is 
to  live  exemplary  lives.  The  complete  ideal  of 
the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  is  to  make  upright 
citizens  in  an  ideal  society. 

On  the  night  of  Gethsemane,  in  the  Upper 
Room,  before  Jesus  and  the  Apostles  left  for  the 
garden,  he  prayed: 

"And  now  I  am  no  more  in  the  world,  but 
these  are  in  the  world.  ...  I  pray  not  that 
thou  shouldest  take  them  out  of  the  world,  but 
that  thou  shouldest  keep  them  from  the  evil." 
(John  17:11,   15.) 

The  mission  of  the  Church  is  to  minimize  and 
if  possible  eliminate  these  "evils"  from  the  world. 
The  need  of  such  a  unifying  force  has  been  ex- 
pressed by  Samuel  Z.  Batten  as  follows: 

"The  world  has  many  good  people  in  it  today, 
more  who  are  ready  to  believe  than  ever  before, 

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(Concluded  from  preceding  page) 
but  these  people  possess  no  unifying  ideals,  no  organic 
principles,  no  coherent  view  of  life,  no  synthetic  pro- 
gram of  action.  Society  is  coming  to  self-consciousness, 
and  is  beginning  to  take  note  of  its  troubles  and  needs, 
but  it  has  no  clear  sense  of  direction,  no  organizing  im- 
pulse, no  all-inclusive  ideals,  no  mighty  impulsion.  .  .  . 
Is  there  anything  by  which  our  nature  can  gain  its  unity, 
our  race  acknowledge  its  brotherhood,  our  humanity 
order  its  affairs  as  a  whole?" 

We  answer,  yes.  Such  a  uniting  force,  such  an  ideal 
is  the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  as  restored  through  the 
Prophet  Joseph  Smith.  It  explains  man's  life  and  its 
purpose,  and  has  within  it  the  vital  saving  elements, 
noble  ideals,  and  spiritual  uplift  for  which  the  heart 
of   man  is  yearning. 

Right  thinking,  upright  men  and  women  everywhere 
are  desirous  of  eliminating  from  our  communities  evil 
elements  that  are  constantly  disintegrating  society — the 
liquor  problem  with  its  drunkenness,  poverty,  and 
misery;  immorality  with  all  its  attendant  evils;  war, 
which  is  literally  hell  on  earth. 

What  should  be  our  attitude  towards  these  social 
conditions?  First,  see  to  it  that  as  individuals  we  do 
not  by  our  acts  contribute  to  their  existence,  and,  sec- 
ond, put  forth  every  righteous  effort  to  eradicate  them 
from  our  communities. 

The  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints  is 
seeking  to  make  both  home  and  community  environ- 
ment better  and  brighter. 

Co-operation  and  mutual  helpfulness  are  virtues  char- 
acteristic of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ.  Its  watchwords 
are  unity,  efficiency,  brotherhood — a  brotherhood  in 
which  justice  and  mercy  prompt  the  actions  of  all  men. 

President  Brigham  Young  once  said: 

"Whoever  lives  to  see  the  Kingdom  of  God  fully 
established  upon  the  earth,  will  see  a  Government  that 
will  protect  every  person  in  his  rights."  (Discourses  of 
Brigham  Young,  1943  ed.,  p.  355.) 

And  again: 

"If  the  Kingdom  of  God  .  .  .  was  established  on  the 
earth.  .  .  .  One  community  would  not  be  permitted  to 
array  itself  in  opposition  to  another  to  coerce  them  to 
their  standard;  one  denomination  would  not  be  suffered 
to  persecute  another  because  they  differed  in  religious 
belief  and  mode  of  worship..  Every  one  would  be  fully 
protected  in  the  enjoyment  of  all  religious  and  social 
rights,  and  no  state,  no  government,  no  community,  no 
person  would  have  the  privilege  of  infringing  on  the 
rights  of  another."  (Ihid.,  p.  354.) 

The  arrogance  of  wealth  and  the  bitterness  of  soul 
that  springs  from  poverty  would  find  no  place  in  a 
society  made  of  men  and  women  who  truly  believed 
and  put  forth  sincere  effort  to  live  in  accordance  with 
the  gospel. 

The  strife  between  capital  and  labor  would  cease,  for 
the  spirit  and  actions  of  coercion,  intimidation,  and  vio- 


lence are  contrary  to  the  teachings  of  Jesus  and  by  him 
would  be  most  vehemently  denounced.  Intimidation  and 
dictatorship  are  elements  foreign  to  the  spirit  and  gov- 
ernment of  the  Church.  The  Church  encourages  and 
recognizes  honest  labor  whenever  and  wherever  it  pre- 
sents itself,  but  it  must  condemn  the  spirit  of  oppression, 
of  compulsion,  of  intimidation  wherever  it  rears  its  head 

Says  Beverley  Nichols: 

"Economic  problems,  racial  problems,  sexual  problems, 
unemployment  problems,  war  problems,  are  myths,  ugly 
phantoms  created  by  minds  that  are  not  washed  with 
the  Spirit  of  Christ,  absurd  chimerae  that  could  only 
flourish  in  deserts  across  which  the  shadows  of  the  cross 
has  never  fallen.  I  know  that  our  lives  have  no  'prob- 
lems' as  long  as  we  trust  in  Christ,  and  the  fact  that 
my  own  life  is  full  of  problems  at  the  moment  is  only  a 
proof  of  the  distance  that  I  still  have  to  travel  before 
reaching  perfection." 

(There  are  those  in  the  world  who  say  that  jealousy, 
enmity,  selfishness  in  men's  hearts  will  always  preclude 
the  establishing  of  the  ideal  society  known  as  the  kingdom 
of  God.  No  matter  what  doubters  and  scoffers  say,  the 
mission  of  the  Church  of  Christ  is  to  eliminate  sin  and 
wickedness  from  the  hearts  of  men,  and  so  to  transform 
society  that  peace  and  good-will  will  prevail  on  this 
earth.) 

"Human  nature  CAN  be  changed,  here  and  now. 

"Human  nature  HAS  been  changed,  in  the  past. 

"Human  nature  must  be  changed,  on  an  enormous 
scale,  in  the  future,  unless  the  world  is  to  be  drowned  in 
its  own  blood. 

"And  only  Christ  can  change  it.  .  .  . 

"Twelve  men  did  a  lot  to  change  the  world,  nineteen 
hundred  years  ago.  Twelve  simple  men,  with  only  the 
wind  to  bear  them  over  the  seas,  with  only  a  few  pence 
in  their  pockets,  and  a  shining  faith  in  their  hearts. 
They  fell  far  short  of  their  ideal,  their  words  were 
twisted  and  mocked,  and  false  temples  were  built  over 
their  bones,  in  praise  of  a  Christ  they  would  have  re- 
jected. And  yet,  by  the  light  of  their  inspiration  many 
of  the  world's  loveliest  things  were  created  and  many  of 
the  world's  finest  minds  inspired. 

"If  twelve  men  did  that,  nineteen  hundred  years  ago, 
what  might  not  twelve  men  do  today?  For  God  has 
given  us  the  power  of  whispering  across  space,  or  trans- 
mitting our  thoughts  from  one  end  of  the  earth  to  an- 
other. What  shall  we  whisper — what  shall  we  think? 
That  is  the  question." — Beverley  Nichols. 

Every  true  Latter-day  Saint  will  not  only  whisper  but 
proclaim  that  "...  a  marvelous  work"  has  "come  forth 
among  the  children  of  men."  (D.  &  C.  4:1.)  I  most  sin- 
cerely bear  witness  that  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  is 
that  marvelous  work. 

"Therefore,  O  ye  that  embark  in  the  service  of  God, 
see  that  ye  serve  him  with  all  your  heart,  mind  and 
strength,  that  ye  may  stand  blameless  before  God  at  the 
last  day."  (Ibid.  4:2.) 


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by  Joseph  Fielding  Smith 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  TWELVE 


"Why  Did  Jesus  Come  Alive  Again?" 


Question: 


"I  teach  the  Primary  class  in  our  ward. 

While  telling  the  story  of  the  resurrection 
of  Jesus,  one  of  the  children  asked,  'Why  did  Jesus  come 
alive  again?'  The  only  answer  I  could  give  was  that 
he  was  so  good  that  he  just  could  not  stay  dead.  I  have 
read  the  scriptures  on  the  crucifixion,  but  cannot  seem 
to  get  the  full  reason  for  the  necessity  of  his  death,  and 
how  he  had  the  power  over  death.  Will  you  please 
explain  this  to  me  as  it  is  given  in  the  scriptures?" 

The  death  and  resurrection  of  Jesus 
Christ  form  the  very  foundation  of  the 
plan  of  salvation.  They  are  the  most  fundamental  doc- 
trines of  all  the  teachings  in  the  scriptures.  It  is  essen- 
tial that  every  member  of  the  Church  have  a  perfect 
understanding  of  the  reason  why  Jesus  came  into  the 
world  and  the  nature  of  his  mission.  The  responsi- 
bility for  this  instruction  rests  primarily  with  the  parents, 
but  it  is  also  necessary  that  it  be  taught  in  our  auxiliary 
organizations  as  well  as  in  priesthood  classes. 

The  plan  of  salvation  was  prepared  before  the  founda- 
tion of  our  earth  was  laid.  We  were  then  the  spirit 
children  of  our  Eternal  Father.  In  the  course  of  our 
progression  it  was  necessary  that  we  have  the  privilege 
of  coming  to  this  earth  and  here  receive  our  bodies  of 
flesh  and  bones  and  pass  through  this  period  of  mortality 
where  we  are  subject  to  all  the  conditions  we  find  in 
this  life:  pleasure  and  pain,  happiness  and  sorrow,  and 
be  tried  and  tempted  to  see  if  we  would  be  true  to  our 
Eternal  Father  and  keep  his  commandments  when  we 
were  not  in  his  presence  as  we  kept  them  when  we  were 
spirits  living  in  his  presence.  This  earth  is  a  proba- 
tionary state,  or  a  place  prepared  where  we  are  tested 
and  given  the  privilege  of  walking  by  faith,  that  we 
may  become  worthy  to  return  to  our  Father  to  dwell  in 
his  presence,  and  become  his  eternal  sons  and  daughters. 

The  great  honor  to  come  here  and  be  the  first  parents 
of  all  men  was  given  to  Adam  and  Eve.  They  were 
placed  by  the  Father  in  the  Garden  of  Eden  where 
there  was  no  death.  Adam  and  Eve  in  the  condition 
in  which  they  were  when  placed  in  the  Garden  of  Eden 
could  have  lived  there  forever  if  they  had  not  broken 
a  law,  but  they  would  have  lived  alone  and  would  have 
had  no  children.  (See  2  Nephi  2:22-25;  Moses  5:11.) 
The  Lord  told  them  they  could  eat  the  fruit  of  every 
tree  in  the  garden  except  the  fruit  of  the  "tree  of  the 
knowledge  of  good  and  evil,"  and  if  they  did  eat  this 
fruit  they  would  surely  die.  Satan  tempted  them  and 
they  ate  this  fruit  and  broke  this  commandment.  By 
doing  this  a  change  came  over  their  bodies  and  they 
became  subject  to  death,  as  the  Lord  has  said,  and  they 
were  driven  out  of  the  garden.  After  they  were  driven 
out  children  were  born  to  them  and  they  have  spread 
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over  all  the  earth.  All  the  children  inherited  death 
from  our  first  parents,  so  we  will  all  have  to  die  as  our 
ancestors  have  done  before  us.  This  made  it  necessary 
that  something  be  done  to  redeem  us  from  death  and 
restore  us  to  life  again  where  there  would  be  no  death, 
for  this  trangression  of  Adam  and  Eve,  placed  all  of  us 
subject  to  Satan's  power  after  death.  The  Lord  has 
told  us  through  his  prophets,  that  if  some  remedy  was 
not  provided  to  restore  life,  our  spirits  would  become 
subject  to  Satan  forever  and  he  would  have  ruled  over  us 
while  our  bodies  would  have  remained  in  the  grave 
forever.  Both  justice  and  mercy  demanded  that  this 
broken  law  which  brought  death  would  have  to  be 
mended  to  defeat  Satan  and  bring  us  back  to  receive  the 
mercies  of  our  Eternal  Father. 

The  means  provided  for  our  redemption  from  death 
were  prepared  in  the  plan  of  salvation  before  Adam  and 
Eve  were  sent  to  the  earth,  and  Jesus  Christ  volunteered 
to  come  and  atone  for  this  transgression  and  thus  gain 
the  victory  over  the  devil.  Therefore,  he  is  called  the 
"Lamb  of  God,"  who  was  chosen  to  be  slain  "from  the 
foundation  of  the  world."  (See  Revelation  13:8;  I  Peter 
1:19.)  The  only  way  this  atonement  could  be  made 
was  for  Jesus  who  was  chosen  to  pay  the  debt  to  justice 
and  mercy,  and  redeem  us  from  the  grasp  of  Satan,  to 
come  into  the  world  with  power  over  death,  for  no  one 
who  was  under  the  bondage  of  death  could  pay  the  debt 
and  restore  us  to  live  forever.  Jesus  was  the  only  person 
who  ever  came  into  this  world  who  had  power  over  death, 
and  having  that  great  power,  by  the  shedding  of  his 
blood  on  the  cross  he  could  redeem  us  and  get  the 
power  of  the  resurrection.  After  he  came  forth  from 
the  tomb  he  had  all  power  to  call  every  other  person 
forth  from  the  grave.  And  after  he  came  forth,  on  the 
third  day  after  his  crucifixion,  he  opened  the  graves  of 
the  righteous  saints  who  had  lived  from  the  days  of 
Adam  to  the  time  of  his  crucifixion. 

He  had  declared  to  Martha  that  he  is  the  resurrection 
and  the  life  (see  John  11:25-26)  and  this  he  taught  to 
his  disciples.  Jacob,  the  brother  of  Nephi,  has  given  us 
a  very  clear  understanding  of  the  mission  of  Jesus  Christ 
and  how  he  came  to  redeem  us  from  death  and  from 
Satan.  This  is  found  in  the  second  book  of  Nephi, 
chapter  nine,  which  all  who  consider  what  is  here  writ- 
ten should  read  carefully.  He  explains  how  we  would 
have  been  angels  to  the  devil,  without  the  death  and 
resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  now  because  of  the 
mercies  of  our  Heavenly  Father  and  his  beloved  Son 
Jesus  Christ,  we  have  escaped  from  the  grasp  of  this 
great  monster. 

A  word  or  two  showing  how  it  was  possible  for  Jesus 
Christ  to  come  and  redeem  us  is  necessary  at  this  point. 

(Concluded  on  page  578) 
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"Route  From  Liverpool  To 

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Fredrick 


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One"  hundred  years  ago  a  book  was 
being  prepared  for  publication 
in  England  under  the  title  Route 
From  Liverpool  to  Great  Salt  Lake 
Valley.  The  work,  which  came  from 
the  press  in  1855,  was  illustrated 
with  thirty-six  steel  engravings  and 
nine  wood  cuts  prepared  from 
sketches  made  by  Fredrick  Piercy 
".  .  .  together  with  a  geographical 
and  historical  description  of  Utah, 
and  a  map  of  the  overland  routes  to 
that  territory  from  the  Missouri  river 
— also  an  authentic  history  of  the 
Latter-day  Saints'  emigration  from 
Europe  from  the  commencement  up 
to  the  close  of  1855,  with  statistics." 
The  title  page  of  the  book  lists 
James  Linforth  as  editor  and  Frank- 
lin D.  Richards  as  publisher.  It  is 
now  a  rare  collector's  item  and  was 
called  to  our  attention  by  Brothers 
A.  William  Lund,  Assistant  Historian, 


New  Orleans   (top)   and   (left)   St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  as  they  appeared  in  1853. 


■«fe 


Lucy  Mack  Smith,  mother  of 
the  Prophet,  painted  from  life. 

560 


Joseph  Smith  the  Prophet, 
from  a  lithograph  published  in 
New  York. 


Hyrum  Smith,  from  a  portrait 
in  the  possession  of  his  family. 


Patriarch  John  Smith,  uncle 
of  the  Prophet,  from  a  daguer- 
reotype. 

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Great  Salt  Lake  Valley" 

^recounts  vSu  — 

Piercy 

by  Doyle  L.  Green 

MANAGING  EDITOR 

and  Preston  Nibley  of  the  Church 
Historian's  Office,  who  have  also  co- 
operated closely  in  the  preparation 
of  this  material. 

The  fascinating  story  of  how  the 
book  came  to  be  is  told  in  the  preface: 
"The  following  work  was  originated 
in  1853,  by  a  desire  on  the  part  of 
many  of  the  Latter-day  Saints  to 
possess  a  collection  of  engravings  of 
the  most  notable  places  on  the  Route 
between  Liverpool  and  Great  Salt 
Lake  City. 

"To  gratify  this  desire,  Mr.  Piercy 
and  Elder  S.  W.  Richards,  then  the 
publisher  of  the  L.D.  Saints'  Works, 
in  this  country,  entered  into  arrange- 
ments for  the  publication  of  such  a 
collection,  and  the  former  made  a 
journey  to  G.  S.  L.  City  and  back  to 


obtain  original  sketches.  The  artist 
could  not  pass  within  so  short  a 
distance  of  Nauvoo  and  Carthage, 
places  of  undying  interest,  and  not 
visit  them.  Hence  we  have  the  views 
and  portraits  taken  there  .  .  .  and 
on  arriving  in  G.S.L.  City,  the  Artist 
was  kindly  favored  by  President 
Young  with  his  portrait  for  publica- 
tion also. 

"On  Mr.  Piercy 's  return  to  Eng- 
land the  collection  made  had  far 
exceeded  the  original  design,  but  it 
then  seemed  imperfect  without  the 
portraits  of  President  Kimball  and 
the  Patriarch,  Father  John  Smith, 
both  of  which  were  obtained.  After 
the  demise  of  Pres.  W.  Richards 
and  Father  John  Smith,  portraits  of 
their  successors,  Jedediah  M.  Grant 
and  John  Smith,  were  procured  from 
G.  S.  L.  City. 

"Having  obtained  the  sketches  it 
was  determined  to  publish  them  with 
the  artist's  narrative  of  the  journey, 
and  entitle  the  Work,  Route  from 
Liverpool  to  Great  Salt  Lake  Val- 
ley  " 

The  entire  book  is  most  interesting, 
but  it  was  the  illustrations  which  par- 
ticularly attracted  our  attention. 
Several  of  them  have  been  used  over 
a  period  of  many  years  in  this  publi- 
cation  without    proper   credit   being 


given  the  artist.  Some  of  the  other 
sketches  proved  new  to  us.  Whereas 
dozens  of  journals  were  kept  by  early 
pioneers  who  made  the  trek  from 
England  to  Salt  Lake  Valley,  these 
sketches  by  a  young  artist,  then 
twenty-three  years  of  age,  make  up 
what  is  probably  the  first  and  only 
journal  of  drawings  made  by  such  a 
competent  craftsman  over  the  route. 
For  this  reason  a  number  of  sketches 
are  being  reproduced  in  the  August 
and  September  issues  of  the  Era 
along  with  written  descriptions  by 
the  artist  of  some  of  the  places  in- 
volved. 

The  first  nine  chapters  in  the  book 
give  the  history  of  emigration  up  to 
1855.  The  trip  made  by  Mr.  Piercy 
begins  with  chapter  ten.  Starting  his 
account  he  writes,  "On  the  5th  day 
of  February,  1853,  in  compliance  with 
previous  arrangements,  I  embarked 
on  the  Jersey  for  New  Orleans,  on  my 
way  to  Great  Salt  Lake  Valley.  My 
object  was  to  make  sketches  of  the 
principal  and  most  interesting  places 
on  the  Route,  and  Great  Salt  Lake 
City,  which  were  afterwards  to  be 
published  with  suitable  descriptions 
and  statistics.  On  my  return  I  was 
solicited  to  allow  my  narrative  of  the 
journal  to  be  published  likewise.     I 

{Continued  on  following  pcgel) ...,. 


P 


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Nauvoo  from  across  the  river. 


561 


tilNff. 


Entrance  to  Kanesville  or  Council  Bluffs. 


Liverpool  to  the  Great 
Salt  Lake  Valley 


(Continued  from  preceding  page) 
consented,   although  conscious   of  its 
want  of  completeness.  ..." 

In  the  British  Mission  historical 
records  for  1853,  we  read  that  the 
company  of  LDS  emigrants  which 
sailed  on  the  Jersey  "consisted  of  313 
souls,  namely  225  adults,  74  children 
between  the  ages  of  one  and  fourteen, 
and  14  infants."  In  the  list  of  em- 
igrants is  the  name  of  Fred  Piercy, 
age,  twenty-three,  occupation,  artist. 
We  have  been  able  to  find  out  little 
about  Mr.  Piercy  except  that  he  made 
this  trip  to  Salt  Lake,  returned  to 
England,  and  had  his  sketches  and 
accounts  published  by  the  Church 
in  this  book.  On  one  of  the  pages  in 
front  of  a  copy  of  the  book  is  written 
in  longhand,  "Presented  to  the 
Church  Historian's  Office  by  Frede. 
Piercy  and  James  Linforth.  Liverpool. 
May  17,  1856." 

All  of  the  sketches  by  Mr.  Piercy 
are  not  included  in  this  series,  but 
rather  the  ones  which  seemed  to  have 
the  most  appeal  for  our  present  Lat- 
ter-day Saints. 

About  the  city  of  New  Orleans, 
which  is  the  first  of  Artist  Piercy 's 
sketches  to  appear  here,  the  artist 
wrote  over  one  hundred  years  ago: 
"We  had  now  entered  the  Great 
Republic  of  the  United  States  of 
North  America,  and  had  ascended 
from  ninety  to  one  hundred  miles 
into  the  interior  of  the  State  of 
Louisiana.  .  .  .  Here  the  emigrants 
were  met  by  Elder  James  Brown,  the 
agent  appointed  by  the  Church  Au- 
thorities to  receive  and  forward  them 
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up  to  St.  Louis.  ...  As  I  wandered 
through  the  quaint,  old-fashioned 
city,  I  saw  many  a  familiar  face  that 
I  had  seen  on  board  the  Jersey,  at  a 
street  restaurant,  enjoying  a  moderate 
meal  obtained  for  five  cents.  .  .  .  Ow- 
ing to  the  promptness  of  Elder  Brown, 
the  John  Simonds  steamboat  was  soon 
engaged  for  the  passengers.  The  pas- 
sage for  adults  was  two  and  a  quarter 
dollars." 

Concerning  Nauvoo,  Mr.  Piercy 
recorded,  "The  distance  from  Keokuk 
to  Nauvoo  is  twelve  miles.  The  city 
is  first  seen  from  the  top  of  the  hill 
about  two  miles  from  Montrose. 
From  this  point  the  beauty  of  its  situ- 
ation is  fully  realized  and  one  can- 
not wonder  that  Joseph  Smith,  as 
John  Taylor  says  in  his  admirable 
song  of  the  'Seer,'  'loved  Nauvoo.'  It 
is  the  finest  possible  site  for  a  city, 
and  its  present  neglected  state  shows 


how  little  a  really  good  thing  is  some- 
times appreciated.  The  first  objects 
I  saw,  approaching  the  city,  were 
the  remains  of  what  was  once  the 
temple,  situated  on  the  highest 
eminence  of  the  city  and  which  in 
the  days  of  its  prosperity  must  have 
been  to  it  what  the  cap  or  stone  is 
to  a  building.  On  the  banks  of  the 
river  lie  broken  blocks  of  stone  and 
shattered  bricks  and  the  visitor's  first 
steps  are  over  evidence  of  ruin  and 
desolation.  .  .  .  (See  cover  and  cover 
note,  page  548.) 

"While  in  Nauvoo  I  lodged  at  the 
Nauvoo  Mansion,  formerly  the  resi- 
dence of  Joseph  Smith,  and  now  oc- 
cupied by  his  mother,  his  widow,  and 
her  family.  I  could  not  fail  to  re- 
gard the  old  lady  with  great  interest. 
Considering  her  age  and  afflictions, 
she,  at  that  time,  retained  her  facul- 
ties to  a  remarkable  degree.  She 
spoke  very  very  freely  about  her  sons, 
and,  with  tears  in  her  eyes,  and  every 
other  symptom  of  earnestness,  vindi- 
cated their  reputations  for  virtue  and 
truth.  During  my  two  visits  I  was 
able  to  take  her  portrait  .  .  ." 

About  Carthage,  the  artist  penned 
the  following,  "I  felt  very  anxious 
to  visit  Carthage,  and  though,  like 
Nauvoo,  somewhat  aside  from  the 
route,  1  considered  that  sketches  of 
its  jail  would  possess  undying  inter- 
est for  tens  of  thousands,  and  con- 
cluded not  to  return  without  obtain- 
ing them.  .   .   . 

"By  accident  I  put  up  at  the  tavern 
to  which  the  mutilated  bodies  of 
Joseph  and  Hyrum  were  taken  from 
the  jail.  The  landlord  showed  me 
the  room  where  they  were  laid  out. 

(Continued  on  page  603) 


HBKr 


Elk  Horn  River  Ferry. 


THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


■ 


"Carthage    jail,"     in     Carthage,    Illinois, 
about  nine  miles  from  Nauvoo. 


"Well  against  which  Joseph  Smith 
was  placed  and  shot  at  after  his  as- 
sassination." 


"Room  [in  Carthage  Jail]  in  which 
Joseph  and  Hyrum  Smith  were  imprisoned." 
Of  his  visit  Artist  Piercy  wrote:  "The  keeper 
was  away  and  I  was  shown  over  it  by  a 
young  girl.  The  holes  made  in  the  wall 
by  the  bullets  still  remained  unstopped. 
The  bullet  hole  in  the  door  is  that  made 
by  the  ball  which  caused  the  death  of 
Hyrum.  .  .  . 

"Having  seen  the  place  and  made  my 
sketches  I  was  glad  to  leave.  Two  lives 
unatoned  for  and  'blood  crying  from  the 
ground,'  made  the  spot  hateful." 


They  came  to  the  last  crossing  o£  the  Platte  River, 
they  crossed  to  the  opposite  shore.  .  .  . 


A  threatening  wind  was   blowing  from  the  north.     After  a   late  dinner 


AND  CARTS  WESTWARD 


by  Helen  Kimball  Orgill 


Part  6 


SYNOPSIS 

Pamela  Brownlee,  a  member  of 
the  Willie  handcart  company,  is  on 
her  way  to  Salt  Lake  City  to  join 
her  fiance,  David  Weiler.  There  is 
an  early  fall  and  an  early,  heavy 
winter.  The  handcart  company  of 
120  carts  and  five  wagons  soon  en- 
counter difficulties  because  of  inade- 
quate equipment.  Foodstuffs  become 
scarce  and  are  rationed.  With  each 
westward  mile,  travel  becomes  more 
difficult   in  the   rigorous   weather. 


Strange  mountains,  endless  miles 
from  our  goal,"  Phineas  Saunders 
spoke  dejectedly.  They  were  all 
dejected,  still  within  each  breast  some 
hope    was    burning    as    the    Willie 

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handcart  company  struggled  on  with 
the  wheels  churning  through  the  soft 
snow. 

As  the  passage  widened,  the  sun 
found  its  way  down,  shining  through 
the  trees  and  bushes.  Then  they 
came  to  the  last  crossing  of  the 
Platte  River.  Here  they  stopped  to 
rest.  The  river  was  wide  and  the 
current  strong.  A  threatening  wind 
was  blowing  from  the  north.  After 
a  late  dinner  they  crossed  to  the  op- 
posite shore.  Here  a  blizzard  broke 
loose  in  all  its  fury,  the  same  storm 
which  was  at  the  time  beating  down 
upon  members  of  the  Martin  com- 
pany who  had  reached  the  crossing 
of  the  Sweetwater  River.     Whining 


and  whistling,  it  tore  tent  and  hand- 
cart covers  from  their  fastenings  and 
whipped  them  away. 

What  troubled  Pamela  most  these 
days  was  meeting  the  eyes  of  the  chil- 
dren. She  thought  they  were  silently 
accusing  her,  perhaps  thinking  of  the 
lessons  on  faith  in  God  which  she 
had  so  glibly  given  them  in  Sunday 
School.  Jerry's  laughing  dark  eyes 
had  become  hard  and  fierce,  while 
Jeanie's  were  wells  of  blue  beneath 
bangs  which  had  grown  and  nearly 
covered  her  forehead.  She  wore  an 
expression  of  constant  disbelief  at  the 
daily  happenings  of  the  trip. 

One  night  Pamela  walked  a  little 

way  apart  from  the  camp.    The  other 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


members  were  huddled  down  like 
lost  birds  unable  to  fly.  Icy  flakes 
soon  covered  her  face  and  body,  but 
she  seemed  not  to  mind   them. 

"You  can't,  you  just  can't!"  she  cried 
out,  defying  the  cruel,  untamed 
force  of  nature  in  its  most  ferocious 
mood.  Then  with  tears  freezing  into 
icicles  as  they  fell  from  her  cheeks, 
she  prayed.  "Dear  God,  you  are  so 
real,  so  near,  I  almost  feel  your  arms 
about  me.  Don't  let  our  faith  in 
you  be  in  vain.  In  mercy  send  relief. 
We  don't  know  how,  but  send  it, 
dear,  dear  Father  in  heaven."  She 
glanced  toward  the  silent  camp, 
where  a  few  weak  fires  were  trying 
bravely  to  burn,  and  prayed  again: 
"Give  us  the  courage  to  endure." 

Cerena  Ware  and  her  daughter-in- 
law,  Daphne,  were  making  their 
way  up  Main  Street  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
to  attend  the  October  conference  of 
the  Church.  By  appointment  they 
met  Minerva  Weiler  at  the  corner  of 
Second  South  and  Main.  Not  only 
gladness  but  also  ecstasy  of  the  spirit 
reigned  among  the  Saints.  Dreams 
were  being  realized.  They  had 
reached  the  Zion  of  their  God,  and 
for  many  this  would  be  the  first  con- 
ference to  be  attended.  Despite  the 
bad  crops  of  the  present  season,  the 
settlements  to  the  north  and  south 
were  in  a  thriving  condition.  In  bug- 
gies, wagons,  and  on  horseback  they 
came,  each  one  eager  to  be  fed  the 
bread  of  life  from  "living  waters," 
from  servants  of  God  and  a  true 
prophet  of  Israel.  To  add  to  the  pleas- 
ant anticipation,  it  had  been  rumored 
that  Elder  Franklin  D.  Richards 
would  be  in  attendance  with  his  com- 
panions from  the  mission  field.  After 
the  second  hymn,  the  revered  and  be- 
loved Brigham  Young,  God's  mouth- 
piece in  these  latter  days,  arose  to 
speak.  With  solemnity  of  countenance 
and  in  serious  tones  he  began,  "There 
are  a  number  of  our  people  who  are 
out  on  the  plains — four  companies 
who  have  started  to  come  to  Zion 
and  who  need  help.  Most  of  them 
are  with  handcarts.  We  want  twenty 
teams  by  tomorrow  morning  to  go  to 
their  relief.  It  will  be  necessary  for 
two  experienced  men  to  accompany 
each  wagon.  I  will  send  three  out- 
fits and  have  them  loaded  with  pro- 
visions and  clothing  and  my  counselor 
Heber  C.  Kimball  will  do  the  same. 
If  there  are  any  brethren  present  who 
have  suitable  teams  for  such  an  under- 
taking, will  they  please  make  it  known 
AUGUST  1954 


at  once,  so  that  we  may  know  what 
to  depend  on." 

Conference  was  then  adjourned  un- 
til ten  o'clock  next  morning  in  order 
to  give  all  a  chance  to  get  things 
ready.  The  people  rushed  home  to 
take  stock  of  what  they  might  send. 

Serena  Ware  put  a  steadying  arm 
around  her  friend,  for  Minerva's  foot- 
steps were  beginning  to  falter  and 
she  turned  pale  as  they  made  their 
way  home. 

"We  must  get  word  to  David. 
Pamela's  out  there  in  the  snow!" 

"Now,  my  dear,  I'll  have  Elliot  go 
out  to  the  island  immediately  for 
David." 

They  found  Elliot  at  home  pre- 
paring to  leave  with  the  others  in 
the  morning.  "President  Young  has 
already  sent  word  out  to  Antelope 
Island,"  he  said.  "I  want  to  drive 
our  team  and  wagon,  Mother." 

"I  thought  you  would,  Son,"  Serena 
had  her  bonnet  off  and  was  delving 
into  the  depths  of  the  large  trunk  in 
the  corner  of  the  bedroom. 

In  the  meantime,  men  were  going 
in  all  directions,  getting  everything 
in  readiness,  while  the  women  were 
knitting  mittens,  darning  socks,  and 
patching  warm  clothing. 

"I've  brought  my  wool  knitted  petti- 
coat," said  old  Grandma  Bayes,  com- 
ing through  the  door  of  the  Ware 
home  where  several  had  gathered  to 
work. 

"You  mustn't  do  that,  Grandma, 
You'll   get   cold,"   several   spoke   up. 

"Not  as  cold  as  they  are  out  in  the 
wilderness,"  she  answered  decisively. 

"Bless  your  heart,  Sister  Bayes," 
said  Susan  Delaney.  "If  you  can 
sacrifice  that,  I  can  get  along  without 
my  winter  coat.  I'll  do  nicely  with  my 
spring  one."  And  this  was  just  a 
beginning.  All  through  the  day,  peo- 
ple sent  something  they  especially 
needed   themselves. 

Toward     evening     David     arrived 


home.  His  face  was  blanched  as  he 
spoke.  "If  anything  happens  to 
Pamela — well,  mercy  is  dead  as  far 
as  I  am  concerned." 

"David,  Son,  don't  talk  that  way. 
Save  your  strength  and  pray  and 
strive  to  reach  them  in  time.  That 
is  all  that  counts  right  now." 

Men  from  outlying  districts  had 
made  plans  to  stay  only  for  confer- 
ence, but  they  immediately  decided 
to  go  with  the  relief  party.  Noted 
scouts  and  returned  missionaries — all 
types  of  personalities  made  up  the 
group. 

"President  Young  has  requested 
that  we  all  come  into  his  office  for 
instructions  and  a  blessing  before 
starting,"  Elliot  announced. 

"Fine,"  his  mother  answered.  "We 
who  are  left  behind  as  well  as  you 
who  are  going  on  this  errand  of 
mercy  will  have  more  confidence  in 
the  success  of  your  task." 

All  twenty- seven  of  the  young  men 
appeared  at  the  appointed  time  in 
the  President's  office,  where  several 
of  the  General  Authorities  had  gath- 
ered. Hands  were  laid  on  each  one's 
head,  and  he  was  given  a  blessing 
that  fairly  made  him  quake. 

The  first  night  out  they  camped  on 
Big  Mountain.  George  D.  Grant  was 
elected  captain  of  the  newly  formed 
company,  with  William  H.  Kimball 
and  Robert  T.  Burton  as  assistants. 
Cyrus  H.  Wheelock  was  chosen  chap- 
lain and  Charles  F.  Decker,  guide. 

Snow  was  falling  continuously  and 
the  trail  became  obliterated  and  next 
to  impassable  before  darkness  set  in. 
Next  day  the  intrepid  men  faced  the 
storm  and  pressed  steadily  on. 

At  Fort  Bridger  the  captain  in- 
quired, "You  wouldn't  have  seen  a 
handcart  company  hereabouts?" 

"Never  seen  hide  nor  hair  of  them," 
came  the  laconic  answer.  It  had 
been  a  foregone  conclusion  by  the 
Authorities  that  the  pioneers  would 


— Photograph    courtesy    The    Instructor 

A  handcart  company  facing  a  blizzard,  from  a  sketch  by  George  M.  Ottinger. 


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Detail  of  typical  Egyptian  carved  writing  and  figure  from  the  great  temple  of 
1    Karnak. 

(Above)  Looking  across  the  Nile  River  from  Luxor  towards  the  Valley  of  the 
I    Kings,  the  burying  grounds  of  Egyptian  nobility  for  centuries. 


In  th 


Steps  of  G/4braham 

by  Stanley  Kimball 

Concluded  from  the  June  Issue 

Photos  by  the  author. 


From  Hebron  the  road  runs  to  the 
southern  terminal  of  Palestine, 
Beersheba.  "From  Dan  even  to 
Beersheba"  appears  frequently  in  the 
Old  Testament  indicating  the  whole 
land  of  Palestine.  (Actually  from 
Dan  to  Beersheba  is  only  150  miles.) 
Anciently  Beersheba  was  on  the 
trade  route  between  Egypt  and  the 
rest  of  the  Near  East  and  therefore 
occupied  a  very  strategic  and  im- 
portant place  in  history.   Today  Beer- 


sheba has  little  of  interest  for  the 
visitor.  It  is  situated  in  the  semi- 
desert  area  of  the  Negeb.  I  saw  some 
deep  and  wide  wells  that  are  "per- 
haps the  very  ones  dug  by  the  Patri- 
arch Abraham."55  As  we  have  al- 
ready noted  in  the  Near  East,  sites 
connected  with  water  seem  to  be 
quite  reliable. 

Just  where  Abraham  went  in 
Egypt  is  not  clear.  All  we  are  told  is 
that  he  visited  the  court  of  Pharaoh56 


and  that  the  book  he  wrote  while 
in  Egypt  was  found  near  Thebes  on 
the  Nile  River. 

We  understand  that  Abraham  en- 
tered Egypt  during  the  Middle  King- 
dom. (c.1989-c.1776  B.C.)  The 
Pharaohs  of  the  Middle  Kingdom 
ruled  chiefly  from  capitals  in  Mem- 
phis and  the  Fayum  district.  As 
far  as  we  know  there  is  no  mention 
of  Abraham  in  Egypt  —  during  the 
time  he  most  likely  visited  this  coun- 


The  three  great  pyramids  of  Giza,  near  Cairo.     The  pyramid  on  the  right  is  the  Pyramid  of  Khufu.     The  stream  of  water   is  an 
irrigation  canal. 
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try.  The  earliest  record  of  the  name 
"Abraham"  in  Egyptian  records  does 
not  occur  until  the  tenth  century 
B.C. 

My  visit  to  Egypt  began  at  Cairo. 
Then.  I  went  to  Memphis,  and  next 
to  the  Thebes. 

The  famous,  but  now  destroyed, 
Shepheard's  was  my  hotel  in  Cairo. 
Of  most  interest  to  me  in  this  color- 
ful city  were  the  bazaars,  mosques, 
and  the  great  Egyptian  museum. 
Here  are  housed  the  royal  treasures  of 
King  Tutankhamen.  I  was  able  to  see 
examples  of  most  of  the  things  de- 
picted in  the  several  plates  in  the 
book  of  Abraham.  The  subject  is 
treated  in  extenso  in  James  R.  Clark's 
Before  Ye  Go  into  Egypt  and  R.  C. 
Webb's  Joseph  Smith  as  a  Trans- 
lator. Needless  to  say  a  very  fascinat- 
ing afternoon  can  be  invested  in  a  li- 
brary comparing  the  similarities  be- 
tween the  plates  in  the  Book  of 
Abraham  with  a  standard  reference 
on  Egyptian  archeology. 

One  afternoon  I  went  out  to  Old 
Cairo  to  see  the  Coptic  Church  of  El 
Moallaka.  The  Reverend  Shenouda 
Hanna  showed  me  around  and  told 
me  the  history  of  the  church.  Copts 
are  Egyptian  Christians  (very  similar 
to  other  eastern  Catholic  faiths). 
They  claim  that  their  branch  of 
Christianity  was  founded  by  the 
Apostle  Mark  himself  who  settled 
in  Alexandria  in  62  A.D.  They  also 
claim  to  be  the  direct  descendants 
of  the  ancient  Pharaonic  race  and 
that  their  language  is  similar  to  the 


One  of  the  great  mosques  seen  through  a  grilled  window. 


Author  and  guide  near  Sphinx  and  Great  Pyramid. 


Columns    of    Karnak,    one    of    the    great 
man-made  temples  of  world  history. 

AUGUST  1954 


Egyptian  language  spoken  thousands 
of  years  ago. 

Nearby  is  the  Abu  Sarga  Church. 
This  is  probably  the  most  frequented 
church  in  Old  Cairo  because  of  the 
tradition  that  the  holy  family  rested 
here  during  their  stay  in  Egypt. 
Underneath  the  altar  there  is  a 
crypt  purported  to  be  the  very  one 
in  which  the  family  rested. 

Of  greatest  interest  to  me  were 
the  nearby  pyramids.  I  had  dreamed 
since  I  was  a  child  of  eventually  visit- 
ing these  tombs,  and  now  my  visit 
was  a  reality. 

One  day  I  hired  a  guide  and  set 
out  for  Memphis  (Saqqara)  which 
may  have  been  the  capital  of  Egypt 
at  the  time  Abraham  visited  there. 
Of  greatest  interest  to  me  was  the 


Step    Pyramid    of    Zoser,    the    oldest 
pyramid  yet  discovered. 

Of  great  interest  to  me  also  was 
the  Valley  of  the  Kings  located  across 
the  Nile  River  on  the  west.  The 
valley  of  the  Kings  is  so  desolate  that 
nothing  grows  nor  lives  in  the  area 
a    few    insects    and    scorpions. 


save 


This  valley  is  hot  and  dry,  and  the 
hills  are  practically  solid  rock.  It 
was  specifically  for  these  reasons  that 
the  Egyptians  of  the  eighteenth  and 
twentieth  dynasties  (1580  B.C.- 
1085  B.C.)    made  their  tombs  there. 

More  than  sixty  tombs  have  been 
excavated  in  this  one  valley.  The 
most  important  one,  so  the  world 
thinks,  is  that  of  King  Tutankhamen. 
However,  the  really  great  find  to 
(Concluded  on  page  605) 
567 


You  Can  Do  the  Impossible 


— Photograph   by   Keystone   View   Co 


by  Rose  A.  Openshaw 


•■ears  ago,  before  gas  became  my 
willing  servant,  an  immense  pile 
of  wood  reposing  in  a  particular 
location  in  my  back  yard,  proved  most 
annoying. 

Realizing  it  was  up  to  me  if  it  was 
moved,  but  being  regularly  employed 
at  the  time,  and  with  mornings  and 
evenings  overflowing  with  home  tasks, 
I  saw  no  way  it  could  possibly  be  ac- 
complished. 

But  a  day  came  when  a  great 
change  was  to  be  wrought  in  my 
life — the  day  I  first  determined  to 
take  advantage  of  the  simple,  but 
profound  truth,  that  if  but  two  sticks 
were  removed  daily,  the  task  must 
eventually  conclude  itself. 

And  that  day,  as  two  of  the  heavy 
sticks  were  deposited  in  their  new 
surroundings,  a  little  thrill  coursed 
through  my  veins.  It  was  to  me  as 
if  the  task  were  already  completed, 
so  certain  was  I,  since  it  was  at  last 
begun,  it  must,  sooner  .or  later,  draw 
to  a  conclusion. 

It  was  not  long  until  I  found  my- 
self doubling  and  then  trebling  the 
number  removed  and  with  the  same 
ease  that  the  two  were  at  first  de- 
posited. In  an  incredibly  short  time 
the   whole  thing  was   completed. 

Exultantly  I  cried,  "Why,  we  can 
do  anything!  Taking  it  little  by  little, 

568 


truly,  mountains  can  be  removed." 
And  on  that  glorious  principle  I  have 
since  built  my  life.  And  so  great 
was  its  effect  upon  me,  I  have  since 
almost  felt  my  birth  should  be  dated 
from  that  period. 

Instead  of  being  dismayed  and 
abandoning  the  project  altogether  at 
the  abundance  of  objects  in  an  oil- 
painting  undertaken  in  my  amateur 
years,  mindful  of  this  experience,  I 
said,  "If  I  do  a  little  each  day,  I  can 
not  help  finally  getting  through." 
And  pressing  on,  the  first  thing  I 
knew,  I  had  finished! 

This  same  method  I  take  advantage 
of  in  attacking  the  army  of  weeds 
that  press  through  soil,  to  the  dismay 
of  gardeners.  Armed  with  suitable 
weapons,  and  a  system  that  divides 
the  battlefield,  destroying  resistance 
in  one  quarter  before  attacking  an- 
other, I  find  the  enemy  gradually 
weakens,  leaving  me  victorious.  With 
pride  I  then  dispose  of  the  "dead." 

Many  are  the  tasks,  studies,  and 
skills,  I  realize  I  would  never  have 
undertaken  but  for  the  promise  this 
challenging  principle  holds  before 
me.  Ten  or  twenty  minutes  daily,  I 
find,  no  matter  how  rigid  the  regime, 
can  always  be  squeezed  in  between 
duties,  or  before  or  after  arising  or 
retiring. 


Formidable  tasks,  once  viewed  with 
utmost  trepidation,  I  now  attack  with 
eagerness  and  anticipation,  glorying 
in  the  joy  of  overcoming  and  achiev- 
ing; for  what  was  originally  termed 
toil,  taken  in  this  easy-going  way, 
(for  one  scarcely  realizes  anything 
is  being  done  at  all)  soon  magically 
transforms  itself  into  pleasurable 
recreation,  injecting  as  it  does  such 
quantities  of  hope's  finest  exhilara- 
tion. 

Commencing  a  task  or  skill  is  the 
all-important  thing.  When  that  is 
done,  the  battle  is  practically  won: 
for  no  matter  how  tremendous  or 
intricate  it  loomed,  though  but  one 
line  or  inch  is  added  daily,  it  must 
and  will  in  time  reach  an  end.  And 
since  power  and  ability  come  with 
practice,  completion  can  be  depended 
upon  to  beat — by  far — anticipation. 
And  what  a  purpose  and  richness 
this  sense  of  achieving  gives  to  life. 

If  one  waits  until  tomorrow  to  start, 
he  will  probably  still  be  waiting  for 
it  when  life  ends.  The  time  to  make 
up  one's  mind,  and  to  begin,  is  this 
very  day — this  hour — right  now! 
Then  the  hopes  and  desires  so  long 
cherished  will  stand  before  you  like  a 
great  century  plant  that  has  burst 
suddenly  overnight  into  sparkling,  en- 
chanting bloom. 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


Ttie 
KALHDOKOP* 


hvt   \y\/ /cAjyqw 


Having  planted  his  small  reserve 
of  corn,  Paul  Blake  leaned  on  his 
hoe,  contemplating  the  pink 
froth  of  bloom  that  was  his  Willard 
peach  orchard.  The  twenty  years 
since  he  came  from  Salt  Lake  City  in 
1853  had  seen  much  progress,  he  re- 
flected. He  turned  at  a  sound  from 
the  direction  of  the  new  stone  house. 
Rhoda,  his  youngest  child,  was  try- 
ing to  hurry  across  the  garden  with- 
out spilling  a  drop  from  the  thick 
mug  she  carried. 

Neither  running  nor  spilling,  she 
walked  rapidly.  Even  so,  Paul 
thought,  she  possessed  at  eight  years 
something  of  the  inherent  dignity  of 
her  mother.  Her  white  forehead  in- 
tensified the  smooth  line  of  her  black 
hair.  Lydia  must  have  been  just 
such  a  child,  erect-shouldered,  quick 
of  movement.  Of  course,  at  closer 
range  Rhoda's  brown  eyes,  which 
were  like  his  own,  interfered  with 
the  illusion  somewhat. 

"Mama  said  she  thought  you'd  like 
some   cool    buttermilk,"    said   Rhoda 
crisply.     "Here's  the  corn.    I'll  untie 
the  knot  while  you  drink." 
AUGUST  1954 


He  took  a  little  time  to  dream  of  the  excitement  and  thrill  of  his  previous  occupation 
of  piloting  a  steamboat  on  the  Mississippi. 


She  passed  him  the  mug  and  be- 
gan untying  the  small  muslin  bag  in 
her  calm,  businesslike  way.  "Mama 
also  said,"  she  continued,  rising 
eagerness  shining  in  her  dark  eyes, 
"Mama  also  said  that  if  you  didn't 
mind  planting  the  rest  of  the  corn 
alone,  I  could  tend  Emmy's  baby 
awhile." 

"Sister  Sawyer's  baby,"  Paul  cor- 
rected. 

"Sister  Sawyer's  baby.  But  every- 
one calls  her  Emmy  except  me!" 

"I  try  to  have  Annie  and  the  boys 
say  Sister  Sawyer,  Rhoda.  You've 
helped  a  lot  today.  I  don't  mind 
planting  the  rest  alone." 

Paul  began  transferring  corn  to  his 
right  pocket.  Then  noticing  Rhoda's 
look  of  happiness  almost  too  great 
to  bear,  he  added,  "I'm  afraid  you 
care  more  for  Sister  Sawyer's  baby 
than  for  your  own  sister  Henrietta's 
little  Robert." 

"Oh,  I  like  little  Robert,  only  I 
hardly  ever  get  to  Ogden  to  see  him. 


But  tending  Baby  Marie  is  about 
like  having  a  baby  of  our  own." 
Rhoda's  forehead  wrinkled  thought- 
fully. "You'd  think  it  couldn't  be, 
when  her  hair  is  brown  and  she  is  a 
baby,  but  when  she  cuddles  up 
against  me,  she  makes  me  think  of  a 
dear  little  lamb!" 

Recalling  the  baby's  tight,  damp 
curls,  Paul  understood.  "But  re- 
member, Rhoda,"  he  said  slowly, 
"that  you  shouldn't  get  to  loving 
someone  else's  baby  like  your  own 
little  sister.  Something  might  hap- 
pen so  you  couldn't  see  her.  Peo- 
ple sometimes  move  away  or.  ...  ' 

"You  mean  I  shouldn't  tend  her 
today?"  The  effort  to  keep  her  lips 
from  quivering  flattened  and  stifled 
her  voice. 

"No,"  said  Paul.  "Just  be  a  big 
girl  and  think  about  what  I've  said." 

Suddenly  she  grasped  his  arm  and 
looked  up  earnestly  almost  plead- 
ingly.     "Father,    I'd   never   want   to 

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569 


Elbert  R.  Curtis,  (center),  General  Superintendent,  Y  M  M I  A; 
with  his  two  assistants,  A.  Walter  Stevenson  (left),  and  David  S. 
King. 


:^^^^^^PP^^6fe^  : ■'■■■ 


V 


Bertha  S.  Reeder  (center),  General  President,  YWMIA;  with 
her  two  counselors,  Emily  H.  Bennett  (left),  and  LaRue  C.  Long- 
den. 


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Highlights  of 

MIA  JUNE 


— Photographs  courtesy  Deseret  News 

Leadership  Builds  MIA  and  MIA 
Builds  Leadership"  was  the  theme 
which  ran  through  the  55th  An- 
nual Conference  of  the  Young  Men's 
and  Young  Women's  Mutual  Im- 
provement Associations  held  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  June  11,  12,  and  13. 

In  addition  to  camp  and  sports  in- 
stitutes held  as  pre-conference  events, 
three  general  sessions;  forty-four  de- 
partmental sessions;  twenty-one  sep- 
arate breakfasts,  luncheons,  and  din- 
ners; music,  drama,  and  dance  festi- 
vals; a  speech  conference  and  other 
special  meetings  were  held.  The 
conference  highlighted  the  observance 
of  the  40th  anniversary  of  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Bee  Hive  department 
and  introduced  a  new  MIA  time 
schedule  and  a  new  theme  for  1954- 
55: 

Seek  not  for  riches  but  for  wisdom,  and 
behold,  the  mysteries  of  God  shall  be  un- 
folded unto  you,  and  then  shall  you  be 
made  rich.  Behold,  he  that  hath  eternal 
life  is  rich.    (D.  &  C.  6:7.) 

Another  special  feature  of  the  con- 
ference was  the  honoring  of  Elder 
George  Q.  Morris  of  the  Council  of 
the  Twelve.  In  a  Friday  morning 
general  session  a  tribute  was  paid  him 
by  Elder  Richard  L.  Evans  of  the 
Council  of  the  Twelve  and  a  gold 
plaque  was  presented  to  him.  The 
inscription  on  the  plaque  read: 

"In  grateful  appreciation  to  Elder 
George  Q.  Morris,  Apostle  of  the 
Lord,  friend  of  youth,  kindly  coun- 
selor and  adviser,  gentle,  devoted, 
understanding,  undeviating  from  the 
truth,  unwavering  in  the  work  of  the 
Master,  untiring  in  serving  human- 
ity, beloved  of  all  who  know  him." 

More  than  ten  thousand  young 
people  participated  in  various  events 
during  the  conference.  Nearly  9000 
took  part  in  the  dance  festival,  which 
was  held  on  two  nights,  and  1706 
participated  in  the  music  festival,  two 
performances  of  which  were  given 
Saturday  evening.  An  unusual  fea- 
ture   of    the   music   festival   was   the 


June    Conference    crowds    on    Temple 
Square. 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


THE  1954 

CONFERENCE 


and  Salt  Lake  Telegram  and  Salt  Lake  Tribune. 

addition  this  year  of  a  112-piece 
symphony  orchestra.  The  average 
age  of  the  orchestra  members  was 
reported  to  be  sixteen  years. 

Figures  show  that  9718  individuals 
registered  in  the  departments  for  the 
conference,  including  3014  stake 
officers  and  6513  ward  officers. 

Although  the  figures  are  impres- 
sive the  effectiveness  of  the  MIA 
program  must  be  measured  in  terms 
of  the  effectiveness  of  the  program 
in  the  lives  of  the  young  people  of 
the  Church.  All  through  the  con- 
ference, speakers  in  general  sessions 
and  departments  stressed  this  thought 
and  encouraged  leaders  to  give  de- 
voted service  in  all  activities  in  order 
to  instil  faith  and  build  testimonies 
in  the  youth  of  the  Church, 


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fc  ■-<«**"**  iiP"*** 


YOUNG  MEN'S  MIA  GENERAL  BOARD 


Left  to  right,  1st  row:  Kenneth  H.  Sheffield,  Rulon  B.  Stanfield,  Alma  H.  Pettigrew, 
Clark  N.  Stohl,  Doyle  L.  Green,  G.  LaMont  Richards.  2nd  row:  E.  Theodore  Demars, 
William  B.  Smart,  Elvis  B.  Terry,  Armand  F.  Carr,  Stanley  Russon.  3rd  row:  Leon  L. 
Imlay,  Forace  Green,  Richard  L.  Gunn,  Roy  W.  Doxey,  Joy  F.  Dunyon.  4th  row:  Jay 
W.  DeGraff,  Wendell  E.  Adams,  W.  Floyd  Millet,  Marvin  J.  Ashton,  Harry  Clarke, 
Richard  S.  Tanner.  5th  row:  Knight  B.  Kerr,  Irving  P.  Beesley,  Royal  L.  Garff,  Ted 
Bushman,  Keith  M.  Engar,  Fred  A.  Schwendiman.  Members  not  present  for  picture: 
Harrald  S.  Alvord,  E.  Allen  Bateman,  George  I.  Cannon,  Harold  Glen  Clark,  Roy  M. 
Darley,  Crawford  M.  Gates,  Lynn  Hales,  Ralph  W.  Hardy,  L.  Clair  Likes,  Frank  W. 
McGhie,  Albert  Mitchell,  Gordon  Owen,  D.  L.  Roberts,  Wallace  Toronto,  Adolphus  P. 
Warnick,  John  U.  Webber,  Francis  L.  Urry,  Lester  F.  Hewlett,  Jr. 


Six  thousand  seven  hundred  MIA  workers 
were  greeted  by  the  general  boards  at  the  Friday 
morning  reception  on  the  Temple  grounds. 

AUGUST  1954 


YOUNG  WOMEN'S  MIA  GENERAL  BOARD 
Left  to  right,  1st  row:  Joyce  Roberts,  Iva  Lou  Peterson,  Helen  D.  Lingwall, 
Hortense  H.  Child,  Nonie  N.  Sorensen,  Hazel  A.  Snow.  2nd  row:  Shelah  W.  Wilford, 
Gladys  E.  Harbertson,  Caroline  E.  Miner,  Dolores  G.  Merrill,  Merle  P.  Poulson, 
Clela  B.  Jorgensen.  3rd  row:  Florence  B.  Pinnock,  Pearl  Bridge,  Helena  W.  Larson, 
Ruth  H.  Funk,  Lorraine  Bowman.  4th  row:  Alice  C.  Christensen,  Ethel  B.  Callis, 
Norma  P.  Anderson,  Irene  H.  Ricks,  Kathryn  Fairbanks,  Margaret  R.  Jackson.  5th 
row:  Gladys  D.  Wight,  Carol  H.  Cannon,  Edith  F.  Shepherd,  Violet  H.  Grix,  Jeannette 
H.  Demars,  Sara  D.  Yates.  6th  row:  Marie  Stuart,  Margrit  F.  Lohner,  Grace  C.  Milner, 
Moana  B.  Bennett.  Members  not  present  for  picture:  Winnifred  Bowers,  Virginia  F. 
Cutler,  Marba  C.  Josephson,  Rita  J.  Nash,  Edna  K.  Pay,  Erma  R.  Stevens,  Joie  E. 
McKean,  Iris  Parker,  Jane  Thompson. 

571 


HIGHLIGHTS  OF  THE  1954  MIA  JUNE  CONFERENCE 


(Continued  from  preceding  page) 


(I)  Finale  of  stage  acts  of  the  dance  festival.  (2)  Hayrack 
drama  demonstrated  in  the  Drama  department.  (3)  Junior 
Gleaner    Girls    give    demonstration     in    departmental    session. 

572 


(4)  President    Joseph    Fielding    Smith    addressing    the    Golden 
Gleaners  at  their  annual  program  and  banquet  Friday  afternoon. 

(5)  Dancers  gather  in  the  field  to  begin  festival. 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


(I)  Jessie  Evans  Smith,  wife  of  President 
Joseph  Fielding  Smith,  receives  honorary 
Golden  Gleaner  award.  (2)  MIA  stake 
superintendents  and  presidents  join  with 
general  boards  in  annual  luncheon.  (3)  A 
youth  chorus  of  1600  and  112-piece  sym- 
phony orchestra  participated  in  music 
festival.  (4)  Nearly  nine  thousand  partici- 
pated in  dance  festival  which  was  viewed 
by  49,500. 

(See  also  following  page) 


AUGUST  1954 


573 


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A  chorus  of  400  Bee  Hive   Girls   and  40  Bee  Hive  Girls  representing  candles  on  a  cake,  participate  in  general  session. 


Pre-Conference  events  included  a  camp  and  sports  institute  held  in  Mill  Creek  Canyon. 
574 


Ever-popular   is  the  noon  barbeque  held 
by    the    Scout    and    Explorer    departments. 
THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


Left  to  right,  LeRoy  A.  Palmer,  2nd  counselor  in  the  Snowflake  Stake  presidency;  President  Jesse  M.  Smith  of  the  Snowflake 
Stake;  Lorin  D.  Porter,  YMMIA  stake  superintendent;  Annis  J.  Flake,  YWMIA  stake  president;  and  H.  A.  Hendrickson,  1st  coun- 
selor in  the  stake  presidency. 


Snowflake -Mesa  Girls'  Home 


by  H.  A.  Hendrickson 

SNOWFLAKE  STAKE  PRESIDENCY 


*t  the  regional  welfare  meeting 
l\  held  in  August  1952  in  Arizona, 
** President  Donald  Ellsworth  of 
Mesa  Stake  and  President  Jesse  M. 
Smith  of  Snowflake  Stake  conferred 
on  the  possibility  of  erecting  a  build- 
ing for  the  girls  of  their  stakes,  so 
that  they  might  introduce  a  really 
outstanding  summer  program — with 
a  camping  experience  available  for 
every  girl  in  the  MIA.  The  plans 
had  been  considered  for  two  or  three 
years  prior  to  this,  but  their  execu- 
tion had  been  difficult  to  effect. 

In  August  1952,  however,  Presi- 
dents Ellsworth  and  Smith  met  with 
L.  D.  Porter,  stake  superintendent, 
who  had  brought  suggestions  as  to 
sites  for  the  home.  After  prayerful 
consideration  a  location  between 
Showlow  and  Lakeside  wards  in  the 
White  Mountains  was  chosen  as  a 
desirable  place.  A  ninety-nine-year 
lease  was  arranged  with  the  United 
States  Forest  Service  by  Brother 
Porter. 

In  November  1953  the  stake  presi- 
dencies authorized  the  beginning  of 
the  work  on  the  grand  lodge,  and 
the  construction  moved  forward 
rapidly.  Joe  Brimhall  acted  as  fore- 
man and  completed  the  lodge.  The 
building  is  constructed  of  native  pon- 
AUGUST  1954 


derosa  pine  with  log  siding,  and 
rustic  cedar  shakes.  The  interior  con- 
sists of  a  large  recreation  and  all- 
purpose  room  fifty- five  by  thirty  feet, 
with  a  beautiful  flagstone  fireplace 
large  enough  to  hold  five-foot  logs. 
The  inside  finish  is  of  knotty  pine, 
and  the  lighting  fixtures  are  of  rustic 
copper  design  adorned  with  western 
spurs.  The  kitchen  is  commodious, 
with  gas  stoves,  refrigerators,  hot 
water  heater,  stainless  steel  working 
area,  and  adequate  storage  and  serv- 
ing facilities.     The  rest  of  the  lodge 


consists  of  an  office,  restrooms,  private 
living  quarters  for  the  caretaker,  and 
a  large  porch.  Two  cabins  with 
modern  facilities  are  now  being  com- 
pleted that  will  house  sixteen  girls 
each.  Provision  has  been  made  to 
build   thirteen    more. 

In  front  of  the  lodge  is  a  large 
circular  area  for  games  of  all  types. 
This  circle  has  a  diameter  of  350  feet. 
Plans  have  also  been  made  for  a  swim- 
ming pool  and  infirmary,  which  will 
be  added  later.  The  sewage  and 
water  system  is  now  completed. 

The  cost  of  the  project  to  date  has 
been  $20,000.  Many  hours  of  donated 
labor  have  been  furnished  by  the 
wards  of  Snowflake  Stake,  and  recent- 
ly a  crew  of  thirty  men  from  Mesa 
Stake  spent  three  days  putting  up  a 

(Concluded  on  page  592) 


■     '■"  '-.'  ■■■   '■■  ■:■  . '■■■■■    '-.'■-     :'■.■    ■■■'■ 


Interior  view  of  one  of  fifteen  cabins  which 


will  be  built.     Each  cabin  will  house  16  girls. 

575 


This  picture  oF  a  mothers'  group  on  the  front  porch  of  the  Girls,  Home,  situated  seventeen  miles  from  Provo,  Utah,  is  typical  of 
pictures   taken  at  the  Mothers'  Chautauqua,  held   now  for  seventeen  consecutive  years. 

Holiday  for  Mama 


by  Melba  S.  Payne 


Here's  your  bus,  Mama."    A  gray- 
haired  professor  helped  his  wife 
from  the  park  bench  and  picked 
up    her   suitcase   and   small    bedroll. 

A  group  of  us  mothers  had  met  at 
Pioneer  Park  in  Provo,  Utah,  to 
board  the  bus  which  was  to  take  us 
on  a  trip  up  to  the  girl's  canyon  home 
in  the  beautiful  north  fork  of  Provo 
Canyon.  As  the  big  bus  came  to  a 
stop,  we  moved  slowly  toward  it,  tell- 
ing good-byes  and  giving  rehearsed 
reminders. 

Some  small  fry  were  at  the  park, 
too,  tugging  away  at  the  bundles  and 
trying  to  be  of  some  help  to  Mama; 
for  Mama  was  going  on  a  holiday 
and  would  be  gone  nearly  four  whole 
days! 

Finally  we  all  climbed  aboard  and 
were  waved  away.  We  were  a  bit 
excited  and  happy  at  the  prospect  of 
staying  together  and  of  being  relieved 
of  household  cares  for  a  few  magic 
days. 
576 


This  affair  for  mothers  is  held  each 
August  in  the  girl's  canyon  home  after 
the  girls  of  the  different  wards  have 
had  their  outings.  The  same  house 
mother,  the  same  cook,  in  fact,  the 
complete  staff  stay  another  week  to 
serve  the  mothers. 

This  rustic  canyon  home  is  spa- 
cious, yet  homey.  It  is  situated  seven- 
teen miles  from  Provo  and  is  snuggled 
among  the  beautiful  Wasatch  Moun- 
tains. The  scenery  there  is  awe- 
inspiring.  The  home  was  built  in 
1928,  the  result  of  the  foresight  and 
planning  of  a  hard  working  MIA 
stake  presidency.  How  it  was  built 
and  furnished  by  loyal  citizens  is  an- 
other story;  but  inspiration  and  a  pro- 
found love  for  their  fellow  men  were 
the   qualities   that  spurred  them  on. 

In  1937  Elizabeth  Souter,  president 
of  the  YWMIA  of  Utah  Stake  (which 
then  comprised  Provo  and  Orem), 
conceived  the  idea  of  giving  the 
mothers  of  the  stake  a  chance  to  have 


a  brief  vacation  at  the  girls'  home. 
"Let's  have  a  mother's  Chautauqua," 
she  told  her  officers,  who  approved 
her  idea  and  the  title.  Together  they 
decided  to  make  it  an  annual  affair. 
Last  summer  between  seventy-five 
and  eighty  mothers  attended. 

We'  left  Provo  on  a  hot  August 
afternoon  and  were  soon  transported 
into  the  cool  canyon  air.  Another 
bus  had  preceded  us,  so  when  we 
arrived  at  the  home,  we  met  more 
friends.  "Hello,  there,"  and  "I'm  so 
glad  you  could  come,"  were  words 
we  could  hear  all  over  the  place. 

We  picked  out  our  belongings  and 
lugged  them  through  the  main  hall 
and  upstairs  to  the  big  H-shaped  bed- 
room. There  were  beds  all  along  the 
walls.  We  picked  out  an  unmade 
one  and  got  busy.  After  we  had 
tidied  our  own  little  niche  (there 
were  two  of  us  to  a  bed)  we  went 
downstairs  to  the  washroom  to  freshen 

(Concluded  on  page  606) 
THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


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Now  be  absolutely  sure  of  luscious,  fresh-fruit  flavor. 
Use  Certo  or  Sure- Jell.  Only  they  can  "Flavor-Guard" 
your  jams  and  jellies— and  here's  why: 

•  With  Certo  or  Sure- Jell  natural  fruit  pectins  you 
boil  your  fruit  just  one  minute,  saving  precious  nat- 
ural fruit  flavor. 

•  The  only  pectins  coded  for  freshness  are  Certo  and 
Sure- Jell.  You  know  they  are  fresh  when  you  buy 
them.  This  guarantees  perfect  results  every  time 
when  you  follow  the  recipes  exactly. 

Get  ready  to  make  the  best  jams  and  jellies  ever.  Get 
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Products  of  General  Foods 


AUGUST  1954 


577 


1.  HOT  STARCH 


Many  women  always  use 

freshly  made  hot  starch  for 
every  starching  need.  They 
know  hot  starch  penetrates 
best.  Is  hot  starch  the  secret 
of  successful  starching? 


Others  like  the  quick- 
and-easy  cold  starch 
method.  They  just  stir  dry 
starch  right  from  the  box 
into  cold  water — and  starch. 
Is  cold  starch  the  secret? 


Some  like  the  conven- 
ience of  a  bottle  of  liquid 
starch.  It's  handy  and  easy 
to  use,  especially  for  small 
amounts  of  starching.  Is 
bottled  starch  the  secret? 


Which  starching  method 
holds  secret  of  success  ? 


Shirts  are  starched  best  with  hot  starch, 
because  it  penetrates  better  .  .  .  irons  up 
to  a  smoother,  more  pliable  finish.  So  hot 
Faultless  Starch  is  the  secret  of  successful 
starching  on  regular  washday.  You  can 
make  a  perfect  hot  starch  with  Faultless 
Starch  in  barely  a  minute  without  cooking. 


In  a  hurry?  Have  just  a  few  minutes  to 
get  ready?  You  can  wash,  cold  starch  and 
iron  dry  in  minutes  with  Faultless  Starch. 
So  cold  Faultless  Starch  is  the  secret  of 
successful  starching  for  quick  freshening 
jobs.  And  Faultless  Starch  contains  iron- 
ing-aids to  make  ironing  fast  and  easy. 


For  in-between-washday  starching,  a 

bottled  starch  is  very  handy.  But,  you 
don't  have  to  buy  expensive  ready-made 
liquid  starch.  With  Faultless  Starch  you 
can  make  your  own  Better  Bottled  Starch 
for  less  than  lc  a  quart  .  .  .  the  secret  of 
success  for  in-between  starching  jobs. 


The  right  answer,  of  course,  is  ali  three 
starching  methods.  Each  has  its  own  use 
and  purpose.  And  Faultless  Starch  is  the 
only  starch  that  gives  you  all  three  meth- 
ods of  starching  from  one  box:  Perfect 
hot,  instant  cold,  and  Better  Bottled 
Starch  all  for  less  than  a  penny  a  quart! 


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578 


Your  Question 


(Concluded  from  page  559) 
Jesus  had  no  father  of  the  flesh,  that 
is  who  was  mortal  and  subject  to 
death.  Our  Eternal  Father  to  whom 
we  pray  is  the  Father  of  the  body  of 
Jesus  Christ  and  from  his  Father  he 
inherited  life  and  death  was  always 
subject  to  him.  He  had  the  power 
to  lay  down  his  life,  because  he  was 
the  Son  of  Mary  who  was  like  us, 
mortal,  and  he  had  the  power  to  take 
up  his  life  up  again  for  that  power 
was  in  him.  In  his  teachings  to  the 
Jews  and  his  disciples  he  frequently 
told  them  of  this  power  and  of  his 
mission.     On  one  occasion  he  said: 

"For  as  the  Father  hath  life  in 
himself;  so  hath  he  given  to  the  Son 
to  have  life  in  himself; 

"And  hath  given  him  authority  to 
execute  judgment  also,  because  he  is 
the  Son  of  man  [God]."  (John 
5:26-27.) 

"Therefore  doth  my  Father  love 
me,  because  I  lay  down  my  life,  that 
I  might  take  it  again. 

"No  man  taketh  it  from  me,  but  I 
lay  it  down  of  myself.  I  have  power 
to  lay  it  down,  and  I  have  power  to 
take  it  again.  This  commandment 
have  I  received  of  my  Father."  (Ibid., 
10:17-18.) 

I  hope  I  have  made  this  matter 
clear  to  all  teachers  of  Primary  chil- 
dren, for  they  must  have  the  correct 
understanding  of  the  doctrine  of  the 
resurrection,  and  how  we  became  re- 
deemed through  the  shedding  of  the 
blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 


These  Times 

(Continued  from  page  550) 

The  recent  British  position  with  re- 
gard to  Europe  has  been,  from  our  point 
of  view,  somewhat  "isolationist."  At  the 
very  hour  the  US  has  been  actively  in- 
volved in  all  western  European  affairs. 
Britain  refused  active  participation  in 
the  Schuman  Plan  and  in  EDC,  al- 
though expressing  interest  and  co-opera- 
tion. The  same  Churchill,  who  in  the 
agonizing  hours  of  June  1940  (with  the 
French  Navy  as  the  prize),  offered  po- 
litical and  military  union  to  France,  has 
participated  actively  in  the  Council  of 
Europe  with  its  green  "E"  for  a  Euro- 
pean flag,  but  has  been  more  of  a  na- 
tionalist and  less  of  an  internationalist 
than  some  might  have  expected.  Na- 
tionalism runs  deep  in  Europe.  The 
millennial  dream,  always  a  vital  force 
in  America's  conscious  .and  sub-con- 
scious thinking,  may  have  run  aground 
(Continued  on  page  580) 
THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


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(Continued  from  page  578) 

on  the  shoals  of  a  nationalistic  vitality 
too  subtle  for  our  understanding. 

On  June  28,  1954,  Sir  Winston  and 
Mr.  Eisenhower  issued  a  joint  com- 
munique which  contained  a  paragraph 
of  oblique  reference  to  the  foregoing  sit- 
uation, especially  as  dramatized  at  the 
Geneva   Conference   of    1954.     It   said: 

"We  are  both  convinced  that  if  at 
Geneva  the  French  government  is  con- 
fronted with  demands  which  prevent  an 
acceptable  agreement  regarding  Indo- 
China,  the  international  situation  will 
be  seriously  aggravated." 


The  last  phrase  is  the  key  phrase. 
The  French  government  was  obviously 
confronted  with  demands  at  that  very 
moment  upon  which  the  US  and 
Britain  had  failed  to  agree  and  co- 
operate. 

The  Atlantic  has  published  a  state- 
ment that  Mr.  Dulles  was  ready  with 
a  timetable,  early  in  April,  before  his 
Geneva  departure,  to  ask  Congress  for 
permission  for  American  troops  to  in- 
tervene in  Indo-China  (if  not  a  declara- 
tion of  war),  on  April  26,  1954;  and, 
that  April  28,  1954  was  already  set  as 
(Continued  on  page  582) 


emembrance 


Richard  L.  Evans 


580 


"Demembrance  is  a  mark  of  a  thoughtful,  grateful  man — 
but  sometimes  it  is  acute  and  cutting,  as  suggested  in 
this  sentence  from  Shakespeare:  "How  sharp  the  point  of 
this  remembrance  is!"1  Remembrance  has  a  sharp  point  for 
many  of  us — especially  the  remembrance  of  those  who  have 
given  their  lives  that  we  might  better  live;  especially  the 
remembrance  of  those  we  have  loved  and  lost.  "How  sharp 
the  point  of  this  remembrance  is!"  Remembrance  is  espe- 
cially sharp  in  hours  of  loneliness — because  of  faces  that 
are  absent,  because  of  chairs  that  are  empty,  because  of 
places  that  can  never  quite  be  filled.  But  we  could  well 
remember  that  remembrance  need  not  be  a  futile  thing,  as 
the  cherished  memories  of  the  past  soften  the  sharpness  of 
the  present,  with  the  promise  of  the  future — the  promise  and 
assurance  that  we  may  see  again  the  faces  of  those  we  love, 
and  know  them  once  again  as  surely  as  once  we  knew  them. 
Our  days  on  earth  pass  quickly.  A  hundred  years  from  now 
— or  fifty — and  much  less  than  that  for  most  of  us — we  shall 
all  have  gone  where  all  men  go,  and  the  sharp  point  of 
remembrance  is  not  so  much  a  matter  of  wishing  to  bring 
them  back  as  to  have  some  assurance  that  where  they  are, 
there  we  may  be  also.  It  is  no  use  saying  that  we  may  be 
indifferent  to  death — to  death,  academically,  perhaps — to 
death  at  a  distance — but  we  cannot  be  indifferent  to  death 
that  comes  close  to  us,  to  us  ourselves,  or  to  those  we  love. 
Death  at  a  distance  is  one  thing,  but  death  at  our  very  door 
is  quite  another,  and  death  that  takes  from  us  someone  we 
love  is  something  else  besides.  And  it  is  this  that  so  much 
sharpens  our  remembrance  and  lets  us  know  that  heaven  is 
much  less  than  heaven  could  be,  without  those  we  love. 
No,  there  can  be  no  indifference  to  death — not  when  death 
takes  those  who  mean  most.  But  when  the  point  of  such 
remembrance  becomes  too  sharp,  we  can  dull  the  acuteness 
of  it  by  the  assurance  that  He  who  gave  us  life  and  gave  us 
our  loved  ones  here,  can  give  us  life  with  our  loved  ones 
hereafter- — and  will,  with  our  willingness. 

xShakcspeare,  The  Tempest,  Act  V,  Scene   1. 

ZJke  Spoken     Word       FROM  TEMPLE  square 

PRESENTED  OVER  KSL  AND  THE  COLUMBIA  BROADCASTING 

SYSTEM,  MAY  30,   1954 

Copyright,  1954 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


Here's  one  place 

where  today's  dollar 

goes  further 


In  the  fondly-remembered  time  of  the  nickel  trolley  and 

the  25^  T-bone,  gasoline  for  dad's  1925  model  cost 
about  18^  a  gallon  (excluding  taxes).  Sounds  like  a  bar- 
gain— yet  it  really  cost  more  than  today's  gasoline.  The 
reason  is  clear  when  you  keep  this  fact  in  mind:  You 
fill  your  car's  tank  with  gasoline,  but  what  you're  actu- 
ally buying  is  mileage.  Naturally,  you'd  rather  pay  $1 
a  gallon  for  gas  that  gave  you  100  miles  a  gallon  than 
buy  10^  gas  that  delivered  only  5  miles  to  the  gallon. 
And  that's  why  today's  gasoline  costs  less  than  motor 
fuel  of  1925  ...  it  gives  you  more  miles  to  the  dollar.  Re- 
search by  companies  such  as  Standard  Oil  Company  of 


California  has  improved  gasoline  spectacularly  over 
the  years.  This  better  motor  fuel  made  more  efficient 
auto  engines  possible,  and  together  they  give  you  up 
to  50%  better  mileage  than  motorists  got  in  the  '20's. 
On  top  of  that,  competition  between  oil  companies  has 
helped  to  hold  down  gasoline  prices.  Since  1925,  they've 
risen  only  20%  (excluding  taxes)  while  food  has  gone 
up  70%,  clothing  63%,  and  the  cost  of  living  53%. 
Compared  to  practically  anything  else  you  buy,  gaso- 
oline  is  still  a  bargain.  Any  way  you  look  at  it,  your 
money  goes  further  when  it  goes  for  today's  finer  gaso- 
line that  gives  you  more  miles  to  the  dollar. 


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AUGUST  1954 


581 


THESE  TIMES 


(Concluded  from  page  580) 

the  day  for  combined  naval  and  air 
operations  by  American  forces  to  begin 
in  that  area.  We  were  ready  to  take 
the  big  stick.  The  British  were  not. 
As  in  the  Korean  war,  the  US  was  re- 
strained by  its  British  ally.  For  good 
or  for  evil?  Some  have  felt  the  latter; 
that  we  underestimate  the  superb  posi- 
tion and  industrial  strength  of  our  com- 
bined resources,  and  that  we  are  being 
forced  to  play  the  "Munich  game"  in 
Asia,  which  Mr.  Churchill,  in  Europe, 
fought  so  bitterly. 

Do  principles  operate  differently  in 
Asiatic  policy,  compared  with  European? 
This  may  well  become  one  of  the  great 
debates  and  after-thoughts  of  recent 
history. 

Two  great  questions  now  loom  on  the 
horizon  of  European  affairs  as  summer 
shadows  of  1954  lengthen  into  autumn. 
The  first,  and  most  important,  is  the 
future  of  US-British  relations.  The 
great  Otto  von  Bismarck  once  remarked 
that  the  most  fundamental  fact  in  politi- 
cal   affairs    was   the    circumstance    that 


Our  religion,  in  common  with 
everything  of  which  God  is  the 
Author,  is  a  system  of  law  and  or- 
der. He  has  instituted  laws  and 
ordinances  for  the  government  and 
benefit  of  the  children  of  men,  to 
see  if  they  would  obey  them  and 
prove  themselves  worthy  of  eter- 
nal life  b  i  the  law  of  the  celestial 
worlds.  This  Holy  Priesthood  that 
we  talk  about  is  a  perfect  system 
of  government.  By  obedience  to 
these  laws  we  expect  to  enter  the 
celestial  kingdom  and  to  be  ex- 
alted.— Brigham  Young. 


the  people  of  the  United  States  of 
America  and  of  the  British  Empire 
spoke  and  used  the  same  language. 
Through  the  medium  of  this  language, 
of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan,  of  Shakespeare, 
of  Milton,  of  the  common  law,  of 
Magna  Charta,  of  the  Federalist  papers, 
of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States, 
of  the  Gettysburg  Address,  of  the  King 
James'  Version  of  the  Holy  Bible,  runs 
a  thread  of  civilization  and  of  culture 
which  requires  nurture  and  progressive 
realization.  It  means  Canada,  Austra- 
lia, and  the  islands  of  the  sea,  as  well 
as  Sussex,  Kent,  Kansas  City,  and  Los 
Angeles.  There  is  a  greater  asset  here 
for  human  development,  perhaps,  than 
even  Bismarck  surmised.  What  is  to 
be  done  with  this  circumstance  in  these 
times? 

The  second  major  question,  and  per- 
haps the  hinge  of  the  first,  is  what  is  to 
be  the  future  position  of  the  United 
States — for  the  remainder  of  this  decade 
of    the    fifties    let    us    say — in    western 

582 


Europe?  Will  seeming  British  hesita- 
tion (or  British  wisdom?)  at  Geneva, 
and  earlier  with  EDC  and  ECA,  plus  a 
debacle  there,  force  such  reaction  in 
American  opinion — despite  Eisenhower, 
as  to  force  a  sort  of  American  with- 
drawal, in  the  physical  sense,  from  Eu- 
rope? What  has  new  technology  in 
the  field  of  air  and  combined  naval- 
air  power  to  do  with  this  decision?  Is 
Western  Germany,  with  Britain  in  iso- 
lation, America  in  withdrawal,  and 
France  in  forced  retreat  from  her 
colonies,  about  to  emerge  as  the  arbiter 


of  western  Europe?  This  may  well  be 
the  consequence.  Some  think  that,  al- 
ready, the  United  States  should  have 
shifted  its  attention  from  France  to 
Germany  as  the  "hub"  of  American 
policy  in  Europe.  The  Geneva  Con- 
ference and  the  Churchill-Eisenhower 
meeting  may  well  have  marked  such  a 
shift.  However  it  is  unlikely  that  there 
will  ever  be  complete  withdrawal  of 
American  power  and  influence  from 
Europe,  so  long  as  Britain  is  free,  and 
considered  in  its  European  position,  as 
friend  and  ally  of  the  United  States. 


unnmt 


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Richard  L.  Evans 


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rE  have  come  again  upon  the  month  of  June — -a  month 
of  many  marriages,  a  month  in  which  many  young 
people  are  beginning  life  together.  And  in  their  beginning 
together,  there  may  be  many  things  they  need  and  want, 
and  working  and  waiting  and  going  without  aren't  always 
easy.  Often  they  come  from  provident  homes.  Some  have 
lived  in  comparative  luxury.  And  a  girl  who  comes  from 
a  provident  home  could  make  life  uncomfortable  for  the 
young  man  she  marries  if  she  were  to  expect  him  imme- 
diately to  provide  all  that  her  parents  have  provided  after 
long  years  of  working  and  waiting.  Few  people  start  with 
"everything"  at  once.  And  those  who  do,  miss  much  of  the 
genuine  joy  of  working  and  planning  together.  Of  course 
we  expect  each  generation  to  improve  upon  the  past,  and 
fortunately  it  may  not  be  necessary  to  go  all  the  way  back 
and  begin  where  our  parents  began.  But  neither  is  it  ex- 
pected that  young  people  should  equal  at  once  the  pattern 
set  by  provident  parents.  And  neither  parents — nor  anyone 
else — should  encourage  the  idea  that  young  people  should 
be  able  to  begin  where  others  have  arrived  only  after  long 
effort.  There  is  a  special  kind  of  happiness  that  can  come 
with  working  and  planning  and  pursuing  common  purposes 
in  an  understanding  companionship.  It  isn't  always  easy, 
but  it  brings  people  closer— and  a  love  that  is  solid  enough 
to  begin  on  a  sound  basis,  has  in  it  the  promise  of  growing 
and  maturing  and  becoming  ever  more  meaningful  over 
the  years.  This  surely  should  be  said:  One  sure  way  to 
weaken  the  foundations  of  a  family,  one  sure  way  to  multiply 
misunderstandings,  is  to  live  in  a  manner  that  is  beyond 
our  means.  God  grant  that  those  who  begin  life  together  may 
be  blessed  with  the  wisdom  of  a  sound  sense  of  values — 
that  they  may  be  blessed  with  the  unsurpassed  happiness  and 
all-important  purpose  of  having  and  rearing  a  family —  and 
may  begin  solidly,  in  a  rich  and  understanding  companion- 
ship, with  a  realistic  awareness  of  a  worth-while  ultimate 
objective— and  not  hazard  the  future  by  tying  themselves 
too  tightly  to  too  many  unessentials.* 


*Revised. 


S^nohen      l/word 


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PRESENTED  OVER  KSL  AND  THE  COLUMBIA  BROADCASTING 

SYSTEM,  JUNE  6,    1954 

Copyright,  1954 

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Melchizedek  Priesthood  Quorum  and 
Group  Projects 


Benefits  Derived' from  Quorum 
Projects 

Wise  Melchizedek  Priesthood  quo- 
rum presidencies  thoroughly  un- 
derstand that  activity,  service, 
sacrifice,  and  gifts  of  money  to  the 
Church  or  to  the  quorum  all  con- 
tribute to  an  increased  growth, 
greater  loyalty,  and  more  enthu- 
siasm of  the  quorum  members.  The 
Master  declared:  "For  where  your 
treasure  is,  there  will  your  heart 
be  also,"  (Matt.  6:21)  and  so  effi- 
cient quorum  presidencies  utilize  this 
eternal  truth  by  providing  numerous 
opportunities  for  priesthood  holders 
to  place  some  of  their  earthly 
treasures  and  much  of  their  united 
efforts  into  priesthood  work,  centered 
in  quorum  projects.  Thus,  unity  in 
the  quorum,  high  quorum  morale,  in- 
creased faithfulness  and  greater 
spirituality  among  the  members,  with 
a  deeper  devotion  to  the  gospel  of 
Jesus  Christ,  are  the  results.  Since 
quorum  and  group  projects  have  a 
vitalizing  and  spiritualizing  effect  on 
quorum  members,  the  General  Au- 
thorities of  the  Church  urge  the 
presidencies  to  formulate  and  super- 
vise the  carrying  forward  of  numer- 
ous worthwhile  projects  designed 
specifically  to  provide  activity  for 
quorum  members,  and  in  some  in- 
stances to  supply  quorum  funds. 

Melchizedek  Priesthood  Quorum 
Non-Fund-Raising   Projects 

Melchizedek  Priesthood  quorums 
have  been  established  for  the  definite 
purpose  of  helping  every  member  at- 
tain a  condition  of  well-being  in 
body,  mind,  and  spirit.  Since  every 
need  of  a  brother  holding  the  Mel- 
chizedek Priesthood  is  the  concern 
of  the  quorum,  the  quorums  help  the 
Church  accomplish  its  divine  mission 
of  perfecting  the  Saints,  carrying  the 
gospel  message  to  the  world,  and 
providing  for  the  salvation  of  the 
dead.  The  spirit  of  lofty,  unselfish 
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brotherhood  which  the  priesthood 
provides  requires  that  quorum  mem- 
bers individually  and  as  groups  exert 
their  utmost  in  means  and  power  to 
rehabilitate,  spiritually  and  temporal- 
ly, their  unfortunate  brothers.  Since 
"...  the  rehabilitation  of  quorum 
members  and  their  families  spiritually 
is  the  primary  responsibility  of  quo- 
rums functioning  as  quorums,"  the 
numerous  non-fund-raising  projects 
play  a  vital  role  in  fulfilling  some  of 
the  important  purposes  of  priesthood 
in  the  Church.  (Welfare  Plan  .  .  . 
Handbook  of  Instructions,  p.  20.) 

There  are  numerous  non-fund- 
raising  projects  which  could  supply 
an  almost  unlimited  amount  of  activ- 
ity for  quorum  members,  resulting 
in  their  personal  development  as  well 
as  in  the  strengthening  of  the  quo- 
rums, if  these  projects  were  put  into 
operation.  The  following  eleven 
projects  are  listed  as  suggestions  to 
bring  to  the  minds  of  quorum  presi- 
dencies and  members  numerous  other 
similar  ones: 

First — Project  of  providing  trans- 
portation: 

For  example,  the  non-fund-raising 
projects  might  include  the  providing 
of  transportation  for  members  of  the 
quorum  and  their  families,  or  for 
widows  of  former  quorum  members, 
to  stake  conferences,  to  quorum  so- 
cials, and  to  ward  meetings  if  these 
individuals  live  a  considerable  dis- 
tance from  the  designated  place  of 
meeting. 

Second — Project  of  priesthood  quo- 
rum lessons: 

Making  of  the  priesthood  quorum 
lesson  material  a  home-reading  course 
could  constitute  a  good  quorum 
project.  Also,  providing  the  teacher 
with  maps,  charts,  and  various  teach- 
ing aids  would  be  very  worth-while, 
the  purpose  being  to  make  it  possible 
for  every  quorum  member  to  gain  a 
more  thorough  and  complete  under- 
standing of  the  lesson  material  as  it 
pertains  to  the  gospel  plan  of  sal- 
vation. 


Third — Project  of  athletic  pro- 
gram: 

Certainly  the  athletic  program  of 
the  Melchizedek  Priesthood  should 
be  included  among  the  quorum 
projects.  The  softball  program  should 
be  sponsored,  and  all  quorum  mem- 
bers and  even  non-quorum  members 
interested  given  opportunity  to  par- 
ticipate. 

Fourth — Project  of  performing  ordi- 
nances: 

Likewise,  as  was  advised  in  the  Era 
last  month,  the  quorum  presidencies 
are  to  teach  all  of  the  members  the 
proper  way  to  perform  the  priesthood 
ordinances,  such  as  blessing  the  sick 
and  performing  baptisms  and  con- 
firmations. This  could  be  a  worthy 
project.  The  following  instructions 
appear  in  the  Melchizedek  Priesthood 
Handbook,  p.  86: 

The  Church  earnestly  requests  that  the 
issuance  of  small  booklets  setting  forth 
instructions  about  ordinances  and  giving 
forms  of  suggested  prayers  shall  be  com- 
pletely discontinued.  Priesthood  leaders 
will,  therefore,  not  sponsor  nor  encourage 
their  preparation  or  circulation.  Brethren 
in  the  various  quorums  should  be  instructed 
in  ordinance  work  by  their  quorum  presi- 
dencies under  the  direction  of  stake  presi- 
dencies. 

Fifth — Project  of  temple  work: 

Genealogical  and  temple  projects 
are  worthy  undertakings  for  priest- 
hood quorums.  Ofttimes  some  of  the 
members,  who  are  otherwise  in  good 
standing,  have  never  had  their  wives 
and  children  sealed  to  them.  The 
quorum  presidency  would  render  an 
invaluable  service  by  having  as  a 
project  the  goal  of  all  quorum  mem- 
bers being  sealed  to  their  families. 
In  fact,  a  number  of  definite  projects 
relative  to  genealogical  and  temple 
work  could  be  carried  forward  to 
good  effect  in  the  various  quorums. 

Sixth — Project  of  servicemen's  pro- 
gram: 

Special  attention  to  the  service- 
men's program  is  a  major  project  for 
every  quorum.  Emphasis  should  be 
laid  not  only  on  the  letter  writing 
and  sending  newspapers,  the  Era, 
and  magazines  to  quorum  members 
who  are  away  from  home,  but  also 
on  sending  the  Church's  gospel  tracts. 
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Priesthood 


Seventh — Project  of  measuring  quo- 
rum progress: 

Preparation  of  graphs  to  illustrate 
quorum  statistics  constitutes  another 
good  project.  Various  types  of  sta- 
tistical materials  are  helpful  in  stimu- 
lating greater  quorum  and  priesthood 
activity. 

Eighth — Project  of  quorum  history: 

Writing  of  .a  quorum  history  would 
constitute  a  very  worthy  and  inter- 
esting project.  If  every  priesthood 
quorum  in  the  Church  would  under- 
take that  project,  an  invaluable  con- 
tribution toward  the  preserving  of 
the  history  of  the  Latter-day  Saints 
would  be  made. 

Ninth — Project  of  publicity: 

Obtain  newspapers  and  other  pub- 
licity, for  quorum  activity  should  like- 
wise be  listed  among  the  projects  for 
every  quorum.  Also,  pictures  of  quo- 
rum projects  and  write-ups  of  the 
same  should  be  sent  to  the  general 
priesthood  committee  for  publication 
in  the  "Church  Section"  of  the 
Deseret  News. 

Tenth — Project  of  rehabilitating  less 
active  quorum  members: 

The  duty  rests  upon  the  quorum 
presidency  and  upon  the  quorum 
members  to  bring  into  activity  every 
quorum  member  who  is  at  the  present 
time  counted  among  the  less-active 
ones.  Various  devices  could  be  de- 
veloped and  used  effectively  by  quo- 
rums to  achieve  this  goal. 

Eleventh — Project  of  keeping  the 
commandments: 

It  should  be  a  definite  project  of 
every  priesthood  quorum  to  endeavor 
to  have  all  Melchizedek  Priesthood 
holders  keep  all  of  God's  command- 
ments. Quorum  presidencies  and 
quorum  members  are  encouraged  to 
use  their  ingenuity  in  establishing 
and  carrying  forward  projects  which 
will  result  in  the  achievment  of  this 
great  goal. 

Projects  to  Rehabilitate  Quorum 
Members 

Although  it  is  definitely  understood 
that  by  revelation  it  is  the  bishops' 
duty  to  care  for  the  poor  in  the 
Church,  the  priesthood  quorums  must 
look  at  the  needy  quorum  members 
as  their  continuing  problem  until 
their  temporal  needs  and  spiritual 
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needs  are  supplied.  Priesthood  quo- 
rums during  the  past  have  carried  for- 
ward numerous  projects  to  help  re- 
habilitate quorum  members  and  much 
opportunity  along  this  line  will  pre- 
sent itself  to  priesthood  quorums  in 
the  future.  Rehabilitation  activities 
such  as  the  following  have  been  car- 
ried forward  by  priesthood  quorums 
in  various  places  throughout  the 
Church,  as  listed  in  the  Welfare  Plan 
.  .  .  Handbook  of  Instructions,  pp.  20- 
21: 

1.  Placing  quorum  members  and  mem- 
bers of  their  families  in  permanent  jobs. 
In  some  instances  through  trade  school 
training,  apprenticeships,  and  in  other 
ways,  quorums  have  assisted  their  quorum 
members  to  qualify  themselves  for  better 
jobs. 

2.  Assisting  quorum  members  and  their 
families  to  get  established  in  businesses  of 
their  own,  such  as: 

a.  Farming,  fruit  growing,  chicken  rais- 
ing, and  kindred  pursuits. 

b.  Barbering,  tailoring,  hair  dressing, 
and  other  service  trades. 

c.  Printing,  sawmill  operating,  etc.  The 
field  is  limitless. 

3.  Assisting  quorum  members  and  their 
families  to  obtain  homes,  by: 

a.  Making  them  loans  or  guaranteeing 
loans  for  them — in  some  cases  con- 
tributing  funds. 

b.  Doing  the  actual  construction  work 
in  building  them   homes. 

c.  In  some  cases  quorums  have  per- 
mitted quorum  members  and  their 
families  to  live  in  homes  which  the 
quorum  has  acquired  through  pur- 
chase or  otherwise,  the  ownership  of 
which   remains   in   the   quorum. 

Priesthood  Quorums  and  Church 
Welfare  Projects 

The  First  Presidency  of  the  Church 
have  made  it  definitely  clear  that 
priesthood  members  and  priesthood 
quorums  should  co-operate  with  the 
bishop  in  the  Church  welfare  pro- 
gram by  supporting  this  program  in 
all  respects  and  by  responding  to  the 
call  of  the  bishop  to  contribute  to- 
wards or  work  on  welfare  projects. 
The  following  pertinent  statement 
appears  in  the  foreword  of  the  Wel- 
fare Plan  .  .  .  Handbook  of  Instruc- 
tions: 

The  care  of  the  poor  is  by  revelation  made 
the  duty  of  the  bishop,  and  every  member 
of  the  ward  is  subject  to  call  by  the  bishop 
to  assist  in  this  work.  He  may  request 
Melchizedek    Priesthood    quorums    to    help; 


he  may  call  upon  Aaronic  Priesthood  quo- 
rums to  work;  but  primarily  he  works 
through  individual  ward  members,  for  over 
all  of  them  he  has  jurisdiction  for  this 
purpose.  He  may  likewise  call  upon  ward 
or  auxiliary  organizations  for  appropriate 
help. 

Another  significant  statement  from 
the  handbook  (p.  22)  is  hereby 
quoted: 

Priesthood  quorums  and  their  members 
may  and  should  assist  the  bishop  in  the 
production  of  materials  for  the  use  of  the 
bishops  in  carrying  out  their  storehouse 
program.  In  meeting  this  responsibility 
the  bishop  has  the  right  to  call  on  all 
members  of  the  ward,  including  high 
priests,  seventies,  elders,  priests,  teachers, 
and  deacons.  None  is  exempt.  He  may 
ask  them  to  help  him  produce.  They  are 
not  beyond  the  bishop's  jurisdiction  at  all 
when  it  comes  to  the  care  of  the  poor. 
Priesthood  quorums,  so  far  as  the  welfare 
work  is  concerned,  are  to  help  the  bishop 
in  this  matter  of  production.  They  should 
respond  to  that  call  for  help  just  as  they 
should  respond  to  a  call  to  teach  on  a  block 
or  to  administer  to  the  sick. 

Melchizedek    Priesthood    Fund- 
Raising  Quorum  Projects 

In  addition  to  assisting  with  the 
welfare  program,  it  is  advisable  for 
all  Melchizedek  Priesthood  quorums 
throughout  the  Church  to  carry  for- 
ward quorum  projects  designed  spe- 
cifically to  provide  quorum  funds. 
These  projects  are  to  be  supervised 
by  the  quorum  presidencies.  In  fact, 
a  healthy,  flourishing  Melchizedek 
Priesthood  quorum  will  carry  forward 
successfully  its  fund-raising  project  or 
projects.  The  following  instructions 
appear  in  the  Melchizedek  Priesthood 
Handbook,  p.  79: 

In  addition  to  assisting  in  the  Bishop's 
Storehouse  Program,  priesthood  quorums 
may  establish  projects  for  the  purpose  of 
raising  funds  with  which  to  carry  on 
their  rehabilitation  work  and  to  carry  on 
quorum  administrative  and  ecclesiastical 
work  such  as  maintaining  missionaries  in 
the  field.  Such  projects  will  help  build 
up  priesthood  quorums.  But  these  are  aside 
from  the  Bishop's  Storehouse  Program 
through  which  the  bishop  performs  his  wel- 
fare functions  for  which  the  Welfare  Pro- 
gram was  inaugurated. 

In  all  cases  priesthood  quorum  welfare 
activities  are  to  be  correlated  with  the 
Bishop's  Storehouse  Program.  The  point  of 
contact  is  the  weekly  ward  welfare  com- 
mittee. 

(Concluded  on  page  602) 
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Senior  Members 

Work  of  Group  Adviser        ' 
Is  Blessed  Calling 

'"The  calling  of  a  group  adviser  for 
senior  members  of  the  Aaronic 
Priesthood  is  that  of  inspirer,  motivator, 
confidant,  and  friend.  To  succeed,  he 
must  needs  be  a  superior  salesman, 
teacher,  diplomat,  student  of  human 
nature,  counselor. 

His  stock  in  trade  is  the  gospel  of 
Jesus  Christ  and  his  clientele  are  the 
sons  of  God.  With  each  visit  he  makes, 
there  may  hang  in  the  balance  the 
salvation  and  exaltation  of  men, 
women,  and  children.  Upon  the  group 
adviser  may  depend  the  happiness  and 
joy  of  the  senior  members  he  is  sent 
to  encourage  and  help,  as  well  as  the 
scores  who  may  be  blessed  by  their 
ministrations  through  renewed  activity 
in  the  Lord's  kingdom. 

Each  contact  he  makes  with  senior 
members  should  be  preceded  by  care- 
ful, deliberate,  prayerful  planning. 
Each  man  assigned  to  him  is  worth  all 
the  time,  persistence,  and  effort  it  takes 
to  win  his  loyalty  to  the  Church  and 
to  the  true  purposes  of  life.  The  call- 
ing of  a  group  adviser  is  a  blessed  one. 


HUMBOLDT   (NEVADA)   STAKE 

FETES  AARONIC  PRIESTHOOD 

MEMBERS 

These  bearers  of  the  Aaronic  Priest- 
hood and  their  parents  from  the  wards 
and  branches  of  the  Humboldt 
(Nevada)  Stake  were  recent  guests  in 
a  social  which  really  found  its  mark 
in  the  hearts  of  all  who  attended. 

Some  had  to  travel  approximately 
150  miles,  each  way,  to  attend  the 
social. 

The  stake  presidency  presented 
James  Lane,  a  priest;  Joseph  Turner, 
a  teacher;  and  Le  Roy  Elliott,  a  dea- 
con, with  a  gold  watch  each  for  lead- 
ing the  stake  in  Aaronic  Priesthood 
activities  for  1953. 


Presiding 


Aaronic  Priesthood  Under  21 


Multiple  Leadership  Appointments  Always  a  Threat  to  Efficiency 


"\TUrE  are  becoming  increasingly 
alarmed  over  the  fact  that,  in 
many  instances,  our  Aaronic  Priesthood 
leaders,  on  both  the  stake  and  ward 
levels,  are  being  appointed  to  one  or 
more  positions  in  addition  to  their  work 
in  the  Aaronic  Priesthood  program. 

Of  course,  we  understand  that,  in 
very  small  wards  and  in  branches,  this 
may  be  necessary  to  some  extent.  But 
these  instances  are  not  the  cause  for 
our  alarm.  This  practice  is  much  too 
general  in  our  larger  wards  and  in 
stakes. 

We  feel  that  all  members  of  stake 
committees  for  Aaronic  Priesthood 
under  21  should  be  left  free  from  any 
other   major   assignments.     The    chair- 


if 

AARONIC 

PRIESTHOOD 

AWARD  RECORDS  CLIMBING 

HIGHER 

To        Total 

July  1        for 

1954       1953 

Stake  Awards  . 

10            5 

Ward  Awards 

344        266 

Individual  Awards  17,306     15,183 

100%  Seals 

1,660      1,163 

man,  for  instance,  has  responsibilities 
in  the  Aaronic  Priesthood  program 
which  require  all  of  his  available  time 
for  Church  work.  Therefore,  when 
he  is  assigned  other  major  responsibili- 
ties, it  will  always  be  at  the  expense 
of  the  Aaronic  Priesthood  work.  This 
is  also  true  of  his  associates  on  the  stake 
committee. 

The  secretary  of  the  ward  committee 
and  the  quorum  advisers  have  sufficient 
responsibilities  to  require  their  full  time 
available  for  Church  work  if  they  per- 
form their  duties  as  outlined. 

We  know  of  no  practice  which  more 
seriously  impedes  our  progress  than  to 
overload  our  Aaronic  Priesthood  leaders 
with  other  responsibilities. 

Stake  committees  having  difficulties 
along  this  line  will  do  well  to  discuss 
this  matter  with  the  stake  presidency 
in  an  effort  to  have  a  strong  committee 
left  free  to  promote  the  Aaronic  Priest- 
hood program  without  conflicting  as- 
signments. 

We  urge  bishoprics  to  give  this  mat- 
ter their  serious   consideration   as  well. 

This  is  a  project  which  we  recom- 
mend to  be  developed  and  followed 
until  the  problem  has  been  solved 
wherever  it  exists. 


PALMYRA   (UTAH)   STAKE  SUMMER  OUTING  ATTRACTED  A  LARGE 
PERCENTAGE   OF   THE   TOTAL  AARONIC    PRIESTHOOD   ENROLMENT 


586 


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THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


Bishoprics  Page 


Prepared  by  Lee  A.  Palmer 


INDIVIDUAL  AARONIC  PRIESTHOOD  AWARD  EARNED  EACH  YEAR  FROM  DEACON  TO  ELDER 


Gary   Shawcroft 


John  M.  Coomans 


Elwin  R.  Merrett  Ronald  J.  Mackley 


Cecil   J.    Briggs 


\X7e  proudly  present  the  challenging  records  of  these  five  young  men,  now  elders, 
who  earned  the  individual  Aaronic  Priesthood  award  for  each  of  the  seven 

years  from  the  time  they  were  ordained  deacons  until  they  were  recently  ordained 

elders  in  the  Melchizedk  Priesthood. 

We  pay  special  tribute  to  John  M.  Coomans,  Waterloo  Ward,  Wells  (Utah) 

Stake,  and  to  Gary  Shawcroft,  La  Jara  Ward,  San  Luis   (Colorado)    Stake,  who 

maintained  a  one  hundred  percent  attendance  record  at  priesthood  and  sacrament 

meeting  for  the   full   seven  years.     Elwin  R.  Merrett,   Afton   South  Ward,   Star 

Valley  (Wyoming)  Stake,  maintained  the  same  record  of  attendance  for  five  of  the 

seven  years. 

Ronald  J.  Mackley  is  a  member  of  the  Bonneville  Ward,  East  Provo  (Utah) 

Stake,  and  Cecil  J.  Briggs  is  a  member  of  the  Nephi  First  Ward,  Juab   (Utah) 

Stake. 


Activity  Charts  to 
Be  Kept  by  Advisers 

The  Aaronic  Priesthood  activity  charts 
introduced  at  the  beginning  of  the  year 
have  received  Church-wide  acclaim 
among  our  leaders.    We  are  gratified. 

One  suggestion — we  feel  that  the  quo- 
rum adviser  should  keep  the  chart  up- 
to-date  as  directed  by  the  secretary  of 
the  ward  committee. 

Charts  which  are  now  in  use  sug- 
gest that  the  secretary  keep  the  charts 
current.  The  secretary  is  still  held  re- 
sponsible, but  the  quorum  adviser 
should  perform  the  work  of  transferring 
individual  activity  records  from  the  roll 
book  to  the  chart  immediately  follow- 
ing the  priesthood  meeting  each  week. 


themselves  in  having  a  complete  set  of 
their  study  courses  for  the  seven  years 
they  are  in  the  Aaronic  Priesthood  quo- 
rums. 

Manuals  are  sold  at  cost  for  twenty- 
five  cents  each,  postpaid. 

The  1954  manuals  contain  a  complete 
list  of  the  requirements  of  the  Indi- 
vidual Aaronic  Priesthood  Award  with 
a  full   explanation   thereof. 


Priesthood  Bearers  Should 
Have  Study  Courses 

There  is  considerable  lag  in  the  sale 
of  study  courses  for  deacons,  teachers, 
and  priests  under  21. 

It  is  recommended  that  all  bearers  of 
the  Aaronic  Priesthood  under  21  pur- 
chase their  respective  quorum  manual 
each  year.  Young  men  often  pride 
AUGUST  1954 


Priests  Ordained  Elders 
May  Win  Awards 

Where  a  priest  is  ordained  an  elder 
during  the  year,  he  may  qualify  for  the 
Individual  Aaronic  Priesthood  Award, 
provided  his  record,  while  a  priest,  filled 
the  minimum  requirements  when  aver- 
aged for  twelve  months.  Therefore,  if 
he  is  ordained  before  October  1,  he  can- 
not qualify  for  the  award.  If  he  is  or- 
dained after  October  1,  he  may  qualify 
if  his  record  from  January  1  to  the  time 
of  his  ordination  meets  the  minimum 
requirements  when  averaged  across  the 
twelve  months  of  the  calendar  year. 

When  a  priest  qualifies  under  the 
conditions  set  forth  above,  the  award 
will  be  issued  to  him  as  a  priest  even 
though  he  is  an  elder  as  of  December 
31. 


Ward  Teaching 

leaders  Should  Not  Overlook 
Value  of  Encouragement 


,rpHE  value  of  deserved  commendation 
for  work  well  done  is  sometimes 
overlooked  by  leaders  in  the  ward 
teaching  program.  While  we  have  a 
right  to  expect  conscientious  per- 
formance, we  have  no  reason  to  neglect 
being  courteous  by  failing  to  express 
appreciation.  There  is  an  old  proverb 
that  says,  "Gratitude  is  the  least  of 
virtues,  but  ingratitude  the  worst  of 
vices."  Giving  honest  praise  costs 
nothing,  but  dissatisfaction  may  be  the 
price  we  pay  for  the  lack  of  it. 

A  kindly  word  inspires  people  to 
higher  endeavor.  A  gracious  expression 
of  thanks  often  transforms  the  attitude 
of  those  who  are  on  the  verge  of  dis- 
couragement. The  conscientious  ward 
teacher  who  is  the  recipient  of  periodic 
approval  from  his  leaders  is  more  likely 
to  remain  steadfast  in  his  devotion  to 
duty. 

Cultivating  the  habit  of  encouraging 
our  associates  in  a  sincere  and  genuine 
manner  immeasurably  increases  the  pos- 
sibilities of  success  in  the  ward  teach- 
ing program. 

Leaders  on  all  levels  should  mani- 
fest their  appreciation  for  the  efforts  of 
those  working  under  their  supervision 
and  direction.  Beginning  with  stake 
presidencies  and  filtering  down  through 
stake  committees,  bishoprics,  division 
supervisors,  and  senior  companions, 
each  unit  should  be  careful  to  express 
appreciation  for  work  well  done  without 
appearing  to  overdo  it. 

587 


KALEIDOSCOPE 


(Continued  from  page  569) 
tend   Marie   if  only  we   had   a  dear 
little  baby!" 

She  began  to  cry  in  a  thin,  child- 
ish treble  of  partially  controlled 
weeping.  Kneeling,  Paul  cradled  her 
head  against  his  shoulder.  "Father's 
big  girl  mustn't  cry,"  he  crooned. 
"You  must  be  happy  in  the  place 
God  gave  you  in  life.  Someone  must 
be  the  youngest  in  the  family,  just 
as  someone  must  be  the  oldest.  Now 
go  play  with  the  baby." 

Daul  watched  Rhoda  pass  the  well 
and  disappear  around  the  new 
stone  house.  "Someone,"  he  had  said, 
"must  be  the  youngest  in  the  family, 
iust  as  someone  must  be  the  oldest." 
The  words  evoked  the  memory  of 
Hiram,  his  eldest,  whose  earthly  body 
had  rested  in  Nauvoo  since  1846  and 
of  a  second  little  grave  beside  the 
Green  River.  Then  William,  their 
firstborn  of  this  new  land,  had 
thrived   beneath  their  care. 

William,  Henrietta,  Heber,  Annie, 
and  Joseph:  each  had  brought  the 
special  problems  of  a  special  individu- 
ality, but  Rhoda's  unfolding  aroused 
the  most  frequent  apprehensions  in 
his  mind. 

Well,  this  wasn't  planting  corn!  So, 
with  a  minimum  of  motion  he  pro- 
ceeded up  the  row.  Whacking  a 
pocket,  dropping  the  hard  kernels, 
pushing  the  soil  back  with  one  firm 
pat  of  the  hoe,  taking  one  step  for- 
ward— this  was  merely  a  slower 
method  of  stepping  off  land.  And 
while  doing  so  he  could  dream  of 
exciting  things  he  had  done.  Indeed, 
it  was  a  dull  occupation  for  one  who 
had  piloted  a  steamboat  on  the 
Mississippi,  yet  from  the  first  there 
had  been  a  healthy  fascination  in  do- 
ing it.  How  many  years  he  had 
planted  small  garden  patches,  now 
alone  and  again  with  one  talkative 
child  or  sometimes  two,  learning  to 
pop  the  corn  into  the  ground! 

The  planting  finished,  Paul  stopped 
at  the  well  for  a  drink.  He  noticed 
the  artificial  bird's  nests  Rhoda  had 
molded  painstakingly  from  mud  and 
grass  in  her  little  wooden  bowl  and 
set  under  each  corner  of  the  well- 
roof  to  invite  occupation.  More 
were  drying  on  the  well-curb. 

Paul  had  a  worried  smile  for  this 
reminder  of  how  Rhoda  set  her  heart 
on  the  impossible.  When  he  had 
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said  that  he  doubted  the  cleanliness 
of  enticing  birds  to  nest  under  the 
well-roof,  Lydia  remarked  that  it  was 
all  right,  as  no  birds  would  accept 
nests  made  by  people  anyway.  Rhoda 
had  been  polite,  but  insistent,  finally 
commenting,  "Maybe  some  kind  of 
bird  Mama  doesn't  know  about  will 
lay  eggs  in  my  nests." 

Oh,  well,  he  reflected,  going  on  to 
the  house,  her  interest  in  nest-mak- 
ing was  flagging  a  little. 

Washing  up  in  the  kitchen,  Paul 
heard  Lydia  and  fifteen-year-old  An- 
nie talking  with  a  neighbor  in  the 
parlor.  "Yes,"  Lydia  admitted,  "Heber 
is  young  to  be  on  a  mission.  But  once 
boys  get  married  without  going,  as 
William  did,  it's  harder  to  get  off. 
That's  how  it  went  with  Henrietta's 
husband,  although  his  family  always 
wanted  him  to  go." 

"Your  youngest  boy's  a  big  help, 
I  notice,"  said  Sister  Andrews,  as 
Paul  entered  the  parlor. 

He  had  scarcely  exchanged  greet- 
ings and  expressed  agreement  with 
the  conversation  in  progress,  when 
Rhoda  rushed  into  the  room,  a  flash- 
ing-eyed, panting  example  of  a  child 
both  seen  and  heard. 

"Father!  Father!"  she  cried.  "Em- 
my said  she  would  sell  little  Marie  for 
a  gold  dollar!  Hurry,  hurry,  Father! 
You'll  let  me  get  her,  won't  you?" 

Searching  for  a  wise  answer,  Paul 
drew  the  excited  child  to  his  knee. 
"Sister  Sawyer  was  joking,  Rhoda," 
he  said  soothingly.  "Mothers  don't 
sell  their  babies." 

"She  said  to  bring  one  gold  dollar, 
and  she'd  give  me  the  baby  today!" 
persisted  Rhoda. 

"Land  sakes,  child!"  exclaimed 
Sister  Andrews.  "Emma  is  only  fool- 
ing! Everybody  knows  there's  no 
such  thing  as  a  gold  dollar!" 

"That's  what  Emmy  thinks,"  said 
Paul.  "Yes,  there  are  gold  dollars, 
and  Lydia  has  one  among  her  keep- 
sakes. But  Sister  Sawyer  would  never 
give  you  her  baby  for  it." 

"Oh,  yes,  she  would,  Father!  You 
don't  know  how  serious  she  was!  She 
said  money  was  scarcer  than  hen's 
teeth,  and  gold  was  better  than  sil- 
ver. So  if  Mama  will  give  me  her 
gold  dollar,  I  can  go  get  little  Marie." 

"Well,  before  I'd  be  such  a  silly — " 
said  Annie,  her  gray  eyes  cool  with 
lately  gained  mr  jrity. 

"Emmy  means  it!"  insisted  Rhoda, 


near  tears.    "Nobody  knows  that  she 
means  it  but  me!" 

"I  believe  it's  best  to  let  Rhoda  see 

for  herself,  Lydia,"  said  Paul. 

"Taking  part  in  light-minded  non- 
sense about  separating  a  mother  and 
her  baby  doesn't  seem  right  to  me," 
Lydia  stated.  Knowing  she  was  re- 
membering the  loss  of  her  own  two 
little  ones  increased  Paul's  annoy- 
ance at  Emmy.  Trifling  with  Rhoda's 
desire  for  a  baby  was  unkind! 

"They  both  need  this  lesson,"  Paul 
said.  "Emmy  used  something  she 
thought  Rhoda  didn't  know  to  trifle 
with  the  child's  affections.  Now,  if 
you'll  let  me  have  the  gold  dollar, 
Lydia,  I'll  make  use  of  something 
Emmy  doesn't  know  to  trifle  a  bit 
with  hers!" 

"Well,  if  you  think  it  will  help—" 
Lydia  conceded. 

"Annie  shall  go  with  you,  Rhoda," 
continued  Paul,  "to  show  Emmy  we 
mean  it.  Tell  her  your  mother  and 
I  will  be  most  happy  to  have  the 
baby  and  offer  her  the  gold  dollar." 

A  quiet   ecstasy   possessed   Rhoda." 
Her  smile  cut  at  Paul's  heart  when 
she  turned   in   the   doorway   to   say, 
"Oh,  thank  you,  Father."    Then  they 
left  him  dreading  their  return. 

Before  long  they  were  back.  Rhoda's 
dark  eyes  burned  in  the  pallor  of 
her  tense  little  face.  "Here's  your 
dollar,  Mama,"  she  said  stiffly.  "Em- 
my wasn't  telling  the  truth  about 
selling  the  baby."  Tears  shone  on 
her  long  lashes,  but  she  was  not 
actually  crying. 

"When  Sister  Sawyer  finally  under- 
stood that  you  and  Mama  really 
wanted  the  baby,  and  when  she  saw 
it  was  a  gold  dollar,  she  bawled  like 
a  baby,"  stated  Annie.  "She  said 
anybody  should  know  she  was  just 
fooling  because  Rhoda  sets  such  store 
by  Marie.     And  she  just  blubbered!" 

"She  was  real  serious  when  she 
first  said  she'd  sell  her,"  contended 
Rhoda.  "And  little  Marie  tried  to 
pat-a-cake.  She  can't  quite  do  it, 
but  she  just  tries!"  The  memory 
brought  her  tears,  and  she  buried 
her  face  on  Lydia's   shoulder. 

"There,  there,  Honey,"  said  Lydia. 
"You're  no  worse  off  than  you  were 
before.  You  can  still  play  with  the 
baby." 

"I  don't  want  to  now!" 
Lydia's  worried  glance  met  Paul's. 
THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


"The  child  will  make  herself  sick," 
she  said. 

"She  might  be  better  off  outside 
helping  me,"  Paul  suggested.  "We'll 
need  some  fresh  water  for  supper, 
Rhoda.     Let's  go  after   it." 

Lydia  wiped  Rhoda's  eyes,  and 
Paul  led  the  child  away. 

"I  was  sure  Emmy  meant  it,"  said 
Rhoda. 

"People  can  look  like  they  do," 
Paul  replied.  "You  mustn't  be  so 
upset.  She  was  just  having  a  little 
joke." 

"It  wasn't  a,  thing  to  joke  about." 
Rhoda's  lips  quivered. 

"We  must  learn  that  there  isn't 
anything  that  some  people  won't 
joke  about.  We  mustn't  get  upset 
over  their  fooling." 

"Emmy  got  very  upset  when  you 
and   Mama  really   wanted  Marie." 

"She  thought  we  were  too  old  and 
had  too  many  children  to  want  an- 
other baby,"  Paul  said,  smiling  faint- 

iy. 

"You  do,  don't  you,  Father?" 
Rhoda  insisted. 

Paul  sobered.  "If  one  of  my  chil- 
dren needed  to  bring  a  baby  home  to 
live,  you  would  see  how  much  I'd 
love  it,"  he  said.  "Let's  get  the 
water.  Sister  Andrews  has  gone,  and 
I  hear  Mama  and  Annie  clattering 
the  kettles.    We'll  soon  have  supper." 

"I  don't  think  I  want  any,"  said 
Rhoda,  but  she  followed  him. 

A  fter  supper  Paul  sat  outside  read- 
ing, while  Lydia's  knitting  needles 
clicked  steadily.  Rhoda  was  sitting 
alone  in  the  lengthening  shadow  of 
the  well.  Sometimes  she  snapped  one 
of  her  mud  birds'  nests  in  two  ab- 
sently. 

The  soft  crunch  of  a  buggy's  wheels 
turning  in  at  the  gate  took  their 
attention,  and  the  next  instant  Hen- 
rietta appeared,  driving  competently, 
although  little  Robert  sat  on  her 
lap.  Paul  tied  the  horses,  while 
Lydia  reached  for  the  baby,  whose 
twinkling  blue  eyes  smiled  as  he  came 
to  her  willingly. 

"He's  a  featherweight,  Etta,  but 
such  a  sweet  disposition!"  exclaimed 
Lydia. 

"I'm  sure  he's  healthy,  Mother," 
said  Henrietta  anxiously,  tucking  back 
a  tendril  of  her  brown  hair.  "John's 
coming,"  she  added,  laughter  light- 
ing her  clear  gray  eyes.  "He's  hav- 
one  of  his  interesting  struggles  with 
your  gate,  Father." 

(Continued  on  following  page) 
AUGUST  1954 


They  wanted  the  finest  instrument... 

SO  THEY  PICKED 
A  WICKS  ORGAN 

At  Trinity  Lutheran  Churchy  Billings,  Montana,  a  Wicks  Pipe  Organ 
complements  the  grandeur  of  an  imposing  new  church  building. 

Trinity's  congregation  devoted  years  of  planning  and  selfless 
effort  to  the  beautiful  new  church.  Everything  in  it  was  calculated 
to  establish  a  mood  of  spiritual  uplift.  Contributing  full  measure 
to  this  mood  is  the  magnificent  Wicks  Organ— designed, 
tone-regulated  and  voiced  to  suit  Trinity's  exacting  needs. 

We  at  Wicks  would  be  happy  to  do  the  same  for  you.  There's  a 
Wicks  Organ  that's  exactly  right  for  your  church  and  your  budget. 


Q/lje-  &fouto  s^/-.\-'4Uj™  high 


LAND,  ILLINOIS 


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"He    always    could    get    it    open," 
Paul  laughed,  "but  a  city  man  can't 
be  expected  to  know  how  to  shut  a 
gate." 

"Something  wonderful  has  hap- 
pened!" exclaimed  Henrietta.  "John 
has  a  call  on  a  mission  to  Scandinavia, 
and  Father  Hansen  will  run  the 
butcher  shop  alone  and  pay  John's 
expenses  if  Robert  and  I  may  stay 
here.  I'll  help  pick  peaches,"  she 
finished  earnestly. 


"Never  mind  the  work,  Henrietta," 
said  Paul.  "We'll  enjoy  having  you. 
And  the  baby,"  he  added,  noticing 
Rhoda's  slow  approach,  "may  be  what 
we  need  most  right  now." 

"You  little  thought  I'd  bring  Etta 
back  to  you  so  soon,  did  you,  sir?" 
inquired  John,  joining  them. 

"I  warn  you  I'd  be  riled  up  if 
you  did  it  for  anything  but  a  mis- 
sion," replied  Paul. 

"Come  inside,"  urged  Lydia,  "it's 
chilly  for  the  baby." 


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'our  mamaae  . . . 

Richard  L.  Evans 

"pOR  you  who  have  already  made  your  marriage,  there  is 
simply  this  to  be  said:  Make  your  marriage  work.  In 
marriage  there  is  no  ready-made  formula  for  success.  It 
requires  character  and  consideration,  honor  and  understand- 
ing, faith  and  forbearance.  No  two  people  were  ever  alike 
enough  to  avoid  adjustments  altogether.  And  no  two  people 
were  ever  able  to  make  one  another  over  altogether.  Once  a 
marriage  is  made,  make  it  work.  Make  a  home.  Rear  a 
family.  Find  your  happiness  in  what  you  have,  and  in 
times  of  trouble  look  not  to  see  how  the  ties  can  be  severed, 
but  how  they  can  be  saved.  And  now  as  to  you  who  are 
not  yet  married,  to  you  who  may  not  be  until  another  June, 
another  year,  or  another  time  far  future:  Because  marriage 
so  completely  and  so  permanently  affects  the  lives  of  all 
concerned — the  lives  of  the  living,  the  lives  of  those  yet 
unborn,  the  lives  of  children,  of  loved  ones,  and  of  society 
itself — in  this  one  step  one  could  hardly  look  too  far  ahead — 
at  the  lasting  kind  of  likenesses — at  the  deeper  kind  of  differ- 
ences. The  ideals  we  have  in  our  hearts,  the  principles  by 
which  we  move  and  make  decisions,  the  convictions  and  con- 
cepts we  have  concerning  life,  the  very  grain  of  our  belief, 
so  affects  our  sense  of  values,  our  choices,  our  very  peace  and 
purpose,  that,  in  the  constant  closeness  of  living  life  together, 
every  act  and  every  utterance  could  either  smooth  the  course 
of  life,  or  go  against  the  grain.  Every  standard  and  every 
conviction  could  either  combine  in  common  purpose  or  be 
opposed  in  endless  argument — an  argument  of  the  very  soul 
inside.  And  with  the  prospect  of  a  whole  life  to  be  lived,  of 
children  to  be  reared,  a  family  to  be  taught,  friends  to  be 
chosen,  and  with  endless  everlasting  considerations  even 
beyond  those  that  we  can  now  foresee,  it  would  be  folly  to 
forget  disparity  of  ideals  and  basic  belief.  Again  to  you 
who  have  made  your  marriage:  Make  it  work.  Let  petty 
differences  be  set  aside.  But  to  you  whose  marriages  are 
unmade:  consider  soberly  the  deeper  lasting  differences  and 
the  longer  everlasting  values. 


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"We  can't  stay,"  said  John.  "It's 
a  long  drive  home,  and  the  horses 
have  worked  all  day." 

"Well,  at  least  have  some  milk  and 
cookies,"  Lydia  insisted,  and  John 
relented  in  a  slightly  rueful  manner. 

"You  must  see  what  Robert  knows!" 
exclaimed  Henrietta,  putting  him 
through  the  familiar  paces  of  so-big 
and  pat-a-cake.  Rhoda  watched, 
though  without  enthusiasm.  But 
when  Henrietta  introduced  a  routine 
of  her  own  invention  called  "Pat- 
mama-on-the-cheek,"  the  child  slip- 
ped nearer,  finally  asking  crisply, 
"Would  he  do  that  for  me?" 

"I  don't  know,"  said  Henrietta. 
"Try  and  see." 

Rhoda's  coaxing,  coupled  with  her 
assistance  in  guiding  his  hand  to  her 
cheek,  was  partially  successful. 

"He  might  do  the  other  things 
better,"  said  Henrietta,  and  after  re- 
luctantly abandoning  the  cheek  pat- 
ting, Rhoda  found  this  was  true. 

Watching  them,  Paul  hoped  that 
little  Robert  would  fulfil  Rhoda's  wish 
for  a  baby.  Everything  might  be  all 
right  now,  unless  she  should  become 
so  fond  of  him  that  the  inevitable 
parting  at  the  mission's  close  would 
prove  upsetting. 

Too  soon  John  was  insisting  on 
leaving.  When  everyone  had  given 
up  waving  and  started  for  the  house, 
Paul  remained  to  close  the  gate. 
Rhoda  waited  for  him. 

"Will  it  be  long  before  they  come 
here  to  live?"  she  asked. 

"Not  very,  I  expect,"  Paul  said. 
He  gave  the  gate  a  final  tug.  "You'll 
find  little  Robert  will  make  you  much 
happier  than  Baby  Marie  did,"  he 
added. 

"Well-"  Rhoda  considered,  "Rob- 
ert isn't  quite  as  pretty  as  Baby  Marie, 
nor  as  soft  and  cuddly."  Her  up- 
ward glance  was  solemn.  "But  his 
little  blue  eyes  do  really  twinkle,  and 
he  knows  more  things." 

"He's  a  little  older  than  Baby 
Marie,"  admitted  Paul,  "and  I  think 
he's  uncommonly  bright  as  well." 

"And  he'll  stay  until  I'm  ten,"  con- 
ceded Rhoda.  She  was  silent  for  a 
few  steps. 

She  really  had  made  strides  today, 
Paul  reflected,  '  to  accept  the  joy  of 
Robert's  coming,  yet  admit  that  he 
must  leave. 

"You  know,  Father,"  Rhoda  stated 
sagely,  "if  William  goes  on  a  mission 
and  leaves  Sarah  with  us  after  John 
comes  back,  and  if  Annie  gets  mar- 
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ried  and  her  husband  goes,  and  if 
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and  leaves  his  wife  and  baby  with 
us  after  that,  we  could  go  on  like  this 
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After  all,  he  thought,  her  idea  was 
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Snowflake-Mesa  Girls'  Home 

(Concluded  from  page  575) 
cabin.     The  next  year  plans  include 
having    the   wards    join    together    to 
build  additional  units. 

The  lodge  faces  west,  and  the  en- 
tire area  is  surrounded  by  stately 
pines  that  lend  their  atmosphere  of 
serenity  and  good  will. 

From  June  16  to  August  20  the 
camp  is  used  exclusively  for  the  girls 
summer  camping  program.  During 
the  other  ten  months,  it  will  be  avail- 
able for  Boy  Scouts,  priesthood  quo- 
rums, and  other  auxiliary  organiza- 
tions. 

The  open  house  was  held  in  June, 
with  both  the  Mesa  and  Snowflake 
stakes  participating.  A  committee  ap- 
pointed by  Presidents  Ellsworth  and 
Smith  and  chaired  by  H.  A.  Hend- 
rickson  will  direct  the  affairs  of  the 
summer  program,  securing  adequate 
personnel  to  supervise  and  operate 
the  lodge. 

When  General  President  Bertha  S. 
Reeder  of  the  YWMIA,  with  the 
others  of  the  general  boards,  visited 
the  lodge,  she  was  proud  of  the 
stakes'  achievements  and  offered  sug- 
gestions to  better  the  MIA  summer 
program.  The  enthusiastic  endorse- 
ment of  the  general  boards  was  much 
appreciated. 

The  congenial  spirit  and  co-opera- 
tion of  the  Mesa  and  Snowflake  stakes 
have  made  this  project  a  delightful 
experience.  Much  credit  is  due  to  the 
stake  presidencies,  the  stake  superin- 
tendencies,  and  the  stake  presidencies, 
as  well  as  the  bishops  and  ward  MIA 
workers   for    their   co-operation. 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


Handcarts  Westward 

(Continued  from  page  565) 
at  least  have  reached  Fort  Bridger. 
Quick  planning  had  to  be  made. 

Coming  over  to  David  and  Elliot's 
wagon,  the  captain  of  the  relief 
party  spoke,  "We're  sending  two  men 
ahead  to  go  with  as  much  speed  as 
possible  to  let  the  stranded  companies 
know  that  aid  is  near. 

"Let  me  be  one  of  them,  Captain," 
David  offered  eagerly. 

"No,  my  boy,  the  ones  who  go  must 
know  the  trail  from  A  to  Izzard. 
We've  already  asked  Joseph  A. 
Young  and  Cyrus  Wheelock." 

After  they  started  on  their  way, 
Captain  Grant  said,  "During  this 
lull  in  the  weather  we'll  press  on 
with  as  much  speed  as  possible — 
with  all  we  have  in  us.  We  will  try 
to  reach  the  divide  between  the 
Green  and  Wind  rivers  before  it 
storms  again." 

"It's  a  lull  all  right,"  observed 
Charles  Decker,  "but  do  you  see 
those  clouds  forming  in  the  north?" 

As  he  spoke  they  were  hardly  per- 
ceptible, but  by  the  time  the  teams 
traveled  forty  miles,  winter  had 
broken  loose  in  all  its  fury. 

"Double  up  teams  and  go  to  it 
or  we'll  never  cross  the  Continental 
Divide!"  came  the  shouted  orders  all 
along  the  line  of  vehicles. 

"Look  at  Reddick's  team!  It's 
down!"  Elliot  called  out  excitedly. 
In  a  moment  he  and  David  were  out 
of  their  wagon  and  trying  to  help  the 
horse  to  its  feet  to  no  avail.  It  was 
completely  exhausted. 

"Go    on    and    leave    me   with   just 

enough  food  for  a  couple  of  days," 

urged    Reddick   Allred.     "With    rest, 

,  my  horse  will  be  all  right,  and  I'll 

continue  on  my  way." 

As  they  hesitated,  he  cried  out, 
"Too  many  lives  are  at  stake.  Hurry, 
no  time  can  be  lost." 

There  was  nothing  they  could  do 
but  comply.  With  each  mile  trav- 
eled, genuine  alarm  filled  their  hearts 
as  they  thought  of  the  companies 
ahead.  At  South  Pass  they  could 
hardly  make  it  downhill.  By  the  time 
the  Sweetwater  was  reached,  men 
and  beasts  were  too  worn  out  to  go 
on.    It  was  decided  to  make  camp. 

"David,  look!  Coming  down  that 
hill."  Transfixed,  they  stood  in  their 
tracks. 

"Probably  Joseph  Young  and 
Cyrus  Wheelock  unable  to  go  on." 

"It's    Captain    Willie    and    Joseph 

(Continued  on  following  page) 
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HANDCARTS  WESTWARD 


(Continued  from  preceding  page) 
Elder,  as  I  live  and  breathe,"  George 
Grant    spoke    as    though    offering    a 
prayer  of  thanksgiving. 

The  two  arrivals  were  in  dire 
straits,  frostbitten,  starving,  and  near 
collapse.  Captain  Willie  had  burlap 
wrapped  about  his  feet  and  legs. 
Huskily  he  spoke,  "The  company  is 
east  of  Rocky  Ridge,  in  a  freezing, 
starving  condition.  If  help  doesn't 
come  immediately,  they  will  perish!" 

David  and  the  others  jumped  from 
their  wagons  and  seizing  shovels  be- 
gan sending  banks  of  snow  to  the 
right  and  the  left  in  order  to  proceed. 

Meanwhile  at  the  Sweetwater 
River,  when  the  blizzard  subsided, 
faces  came  peering  out  from  under 
tent  covers.  Jeanie  Garson  called  out, 
"Now  the  storm  is  over  we  can  have 
the  party  Pamela  promised  us." 

"A  party  of  all  things!"  her  mother 
said.  "Who  but  Pamela  would  think 
of  a  party  now?  True,  President 
Young  advocated  amusements  when 
things  went  wrong,  but  surely  not 
now  with  death  hovering  near." 

The  overwrought  expressions  of 
the   children's   faces   had   been   espe- 


cially disturbing  to  Pamela.  But  they 
had  developed  a  certain  docility  of 
manner  which  was  more  troubling. 
Something  had  to  be  done  to  arouse 
them  to  some  interest,  some  enthu- 
siasm, so  the  idea  of  the  party  was 
born  in  Pamela's  mind. 

When  the  children  had  gathered 
around  the  cheery  fire  which  Allan 
and  others  of  the  larger  boys  had 
built,  Pamela  came  out  with  a  hand- 
ful of  gaily  colored  calico  scraps  for 
ribbons. 

"Now  before  the  party  we  must  all 
have  our  hair  combed.  How  would 
you  like  that?" 

"Fine,"  came  the  answer  in  uni- 
son. After  matching  the  "ribbons" 
with  the  girls'  complexions,  they  all 
admired  the  effect.  The  boys  were 
getting  impatient  and  called  out, 
"Let's  play  'Bear  over  the  Moun- 
tain. 

After  this  game  another  was 
started,  but  Jeanie  sank  in  the  snow, 
"It's  fun,  but  I'm  so  tired."  They 
helped  her  to  the  wagon. 

There  was  no  urging  to  continue, 
so  Pamela  called  them  around  the 
fire  and  said,  "Now  for  refreshments, 


for  what  is  a  party  without  a  lunch?" 
Her  mother  had  boiled  some  ginger 
roots,  and  she  poured  the  warm 
liquid  into  cups.  A  piece  around 
of  "jerked  beef"  and  a  few  rose  ber- 
ries completed  the  repast.  Never  had 
any  party  refreshment  tasted  better. 

Wagon  grease  had  long  since  been 
used  up,  and  now  the  company  was 
using  wolf  tallow  and  even  soap. 
This  caused  a  perceptible  slowing  up 
of  the  vehicles.  Handcarts  were 
pulled  slowly  through  the  snow,  and 
little  Jeanie  grew  more  and  more 
weary.  One  night  an  attack  of 
croup  snuffed  out  her  life,  and  she 
was  laid  to  rest  in  the  frozen  ground. 

A  wind  came  up  suddenly  and 
blew  away  more  of  the  handcart 
covers  and  tents.  This  was  followed 
by  a  snowstorm  which  lasted  all 
one  day. 

Managing  the  trip  pretty  well  until 
the  first  snowfall,  Mrs.  Brownlee  felt 
all  of  her  old  ailments  coming  back, 
with  more  added,  and  shortly  her 
spirit  took  flight. 

"Death's  hostages  to  a  glorious 
future!"    Brigham  Young  had  said. 

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A  mission  was  assigned  to  Pamela, 
similar  to  the  one  Ann  Malin  was 
performing  in  the  Martin  company. 
She  was  to  help  keep  track  of  all  the 
children  whose  parents  were  indis- 
posed or  had  gone  beyond  the  reach 
of  earthly  troubles. 

Through  it  all,  however,  there 
were  valiant  hearts. 

"This  plight  is  nothing  to  what 
we  went  through  when  the  Prophet 
was  martyred,"  Captain  Willie  spoke 
thoughtfully. 

And  Millen  Atwood  added,  "Joseph 
used  to  say,  'Better  to  die  facing  the 
west  than  at  the  hands  of  the  mobo- 
crats!'  " 

With  these  timely  reminders,  backs 
were  straightened,  and  faces  shone 
with  expressions  of  endurance  in- 
stead of  self-pity. 

The  captain  gave  advice,  "Keep  as 
cheerful  as  possible,  for  worry  saps 
strength.  Above  all  things,  keep  a 
prayer  in  your  hearts  and  on  your 
lips  every  waking  moment.  Be  re- 
minded that  God  is  still  in  his  heaven 
and  walking  with  us  are  his  angels, 
ministering  to  us  by  day  and  by 
night.  If  it  were  not  so,  we  all  would 
be  sleeping  under  the  snow." 

Strangely  enough,  faith  grew 
stronger  as  conditions  became  worse. 
Eyes  that  grew  bleak  and  sunken 
retained  the  light  of  indomitable 
courage,  courage  born  of  faith  that 
would  not  falter.  Pamela  felt  an 
engulfing,  overwhelming  dizziness 
creeping  through  her,  but  she  would 
not  betray  the  trust  these  people  had 
in  her,  and  not  once  did  she  waver 
in  the  routine  of  desperate  tasks. 
Besides  quoting  pithy  sayings  of 
Brigham  Young,  these  stalwarts  com- 
posed their  own  epigrams: 

"If  we  run  out  of  food,  we'll  march 


on  grit! 


"It  doesn't  matter,  the  terrible 
things  that  happen  to  us,  if  inside 
we  face  them  unflinchingly!'5 

"If  out  of  the  stuff  of  human  be- 
ings, we  can  still  have  hope  and  faith, 
what  matters  all  else!" 

They  believed  that  a  ghastly  con- 
flict was  going  on  between  the  pow- 
ers of  heaven  and  hell.  Satan  was 
assuredly  working  overtime.  Had 
the  Heavenly  Father  not  said  in  Holy 
Writ  that  if  his  children  called  upon 
his  name  he  would  surely  answer? 
So  in  all  the  faith  they  could  muster, 
the  prayers  continued  with  fervor. 

"Our  Father  which  art  in  heaven. 
.  .  .  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread. 
.  .  .  Thine  be  the  glory!" 

(To  be  continued) 
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Florence  B.  Pinnock 
Finds  Cooking  Relaxing 


Petite,  sparkly-eyed  Florence  Pin- 
nock serves  delicious  food,  al- 
ways beautifully,  and  as  if  it 
were  a  great  joy  to  do  so.  And  that 
genuine  enjoyment  seems  to  be  the 
secret  of  her  charm  in  anything  she 
undertakes — her  general  board  work, 
her  role  as  a  wife  and  mother,  being 
a  friend  to  a  great  number  of  peo- 
ple. 

But  getting  back  to  Sister  Pinnock 
in  the  kitchen,  she  says,  "I  just  plain 
like  to  cook.  Perhaps  that's  why  it 
comes  easy.  It  relaxes  me.  Other 
women  pick  up  their  sewing,  but  I 
go  out  to  the  kitchen  and  stir  up 
something.  I  can  come  in  just  as 
tired  as  can  be  and  experiment  with 
a  new  recipe  and  feel  all  pepped  up." 
Now  that  her  son  Hugh  is  on  a  mis- 
sion, she  is  not  called  upon  to  turn 
out  quite  so  many  super-hearty  meals 
(such  as  the  time  she  served  supper 
to  forty  members  of  a  high  school 
football  team),  but  her  husband, 
Lawrence,  and  her  teen-age  children, 
Kathleen  and  Roger,  like  and  ap- 
preciate good  food. 

Mrs.  Pinnock,  a  home  economist 
by  profession,  having  done  home 
service  work  and  conducted  foods 
programs  on  the  radio,  and  now  oc- 
casionally teaching  a  class  at  the 
University  of  Utah,  has  some  worth- 
while ideas  on  meal  preparation  to 
share  with  us. 

She  does  not  believe  that  a  meal 
should  be  a  hit-and-miss  affair,  ever. 
To  avoid  such  a  plight  needs  a  little 
planning.  The  extra  time  spent  in 
this  preparation  will  save  hours  of 
work,  and  the  meal  will  be  much 
more  enjoyable  from  every  stand- 
point. 

Texture  is  important  to  Sister  Pin- 
nock in  her  meals,  as  well  as  flavor 
and  color.  "Most  of  us  like  to  eat," 
she  says,  "but  I  can  enjoy  it  so  much 
more  when  I  have  something  crisp 
or  crunchy  to  eat  along  with  smooth, 
bland  foods." 

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She  thinks  it  is  wicked  to  waste 
food.  She  was  taught  that  when  she 
was  a  little  girl  during  World  War  I. 
She  says  she  has  learned  to  use  good 
recipes  and  to  follow  them  to  the 
eighth  of  a  teaspoonful,  and  she  has 
very  few  failures. 

Next  to  keeping  her  family  happy 
and  well-nourished,  Florence  Pin- 
nock's  chief  interest  is  in  the  Church. 
She  has  worked  in  many  auxiliary 
organizations,  but  her  great  love  has 
been  the  MIA,  and  the  Gleaners  hold 
a  special  spot  in  her  heart  because  for 
many  years  she  has  been  on  the 
Gleaner  committee  of  the  general 
board  and  her  originality,  imagina- 
tion, and  inspiration  have  brought 
about  many  of  the  worth-while  inno- 
vations in  the  M  Men-Gleaner  pro- 
gram. 

The  nicest  part  of  summer,  to 
Florence  Pinnock,  is  sharing  meal- 
time with  her  friends.  Summer  cook- 
ing, in  her  opinion,  should  be  quick 
and  easy.  Planning  ahead  is  the 
secret.  She  is  enthusiastic  about  a 
Summer  Freezer  Party,  so  how  about 
having  one,  as  they  do  at  the  Pin- 
nocks,  and  let  everyone  help  with 
the  work.  Here  is  one  of  Florence's 
easy  menus  and  her  recipes: 

Easy  Barbeque  Beef  or  Tunaburgers 
Mixed  Vegetable  Salad  with  a  special 

French   Dressing 
Corn  on  the  Cob 
Lemon  Ice  Cream 

Barbecue  Beef 

2  pounds  ground  beef 
2  large  onions  chopped 

1  tablespoon  flour 
Salt  and  pepper 

2  cups  catsup 
2  cups  water 


Florence  B.  Pinnock 

1  bay  leaf 

1  teaspoon   curry   powder    (if  you  like 

it) 

2  tablespoons  Worcestershire  sauce 

Brown  the  meat  and  the  onions.  Add 
other  ingredients  and  simmer  about  one 
hour.  Chill  and  skim  off  any  fat. 
Heat  again  slowly,  stirring  occasional- 
ly.    Serve  on  buns. 

Tunaburgers 

Y4  pound   grated  American   cheese 
3  hard-cooked  eggs,  chopped  fine 

1  can  tuna,  drained 

2  tablespoons   chopped   green   pepper 
2  tablespoons  chopped  onion 

2  tablespoons   chopped   stuffed   olives 
2  tablespoons  chopped  sweet  pickles 


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2  cup  mayonnaise 


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on  ten  buttered  hot  dog  rolls  and  wrap 
each  roll  separately  in  aluminum  foil. 
They  can  be  chilled  in  the  refrigerator 
all  day,  or  baked  immediately  at  250° 
F.  for  thirty  minutes. 

Special  French  Dressing 

1  cup  salad  oil 
l/2  cup  vinegar 

Juice  of  one  lemon 
%  cup  catsup  with  ground  chili  peppers 
(plain  catsup  may  be  used) 
1  small  grated  onion 
l/$  cup  sugar 
1  teaspoon  paprika 
Salt  to  taste 
Clove  of  garlic  or  a  little  garlic  salt 

Mix   and   shake   well   and   let   stand. 

Lemon  Ice  Cream 

3  quarts  milk 
6  cups  sugar 

1  cup  and  2  tablespoons  fresh  lemon 
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2  teaspoons  lemon  extract 
Ys  teaspoon  salt 

Mix  and  chill  and  freeze  in  six- 
quart  freezer.  This  recipe  may  seem 
out  of  proportion,  but  try  it.  "It  is  the 
smoothest  ice  cream  you  can  imagine," 
says  Sister  Pinnock. 

A\7hile  she  was  checking  recipes  for  a 
Deseret  News  contest,  Mrs.  Pin- 
nock  said  she  ran  across  a  very  good 
recipe  for  old-fashioned  whole  wheat 
bread  and  she  thought  we  might  like  it. 
The  recipe  is  quick  and  easy  and  sure. 

Whole   Wheat  Bread 

1  yeast  cake 
l/3  cup  lukewarm  water 
1  tablespoon   shortening 
1  tablespoon   honey 
1  tablespoon  molasses 
1  tablespoon  salt 
3  cups  scalded   milk 
6  cups  whole  wheat  flour 

Soften  the  yeast  in  the  water.  Melt 
shortening  and  combine  with  honey, 
molasses,  salt,  and  scalded  milk.  Cool 
to  lukewarm  and  combine  with  the 
yeast  mixture.  Add  the  flour,  enough 
to  make  a  soft  dough,  and  knead  thor- 
oughly, using  extra  flour  if  needed. 
Shape  into  two  loaves  and  place  in 
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One  beautiful,  balmy  September 
morning,  years  and  years  ago,  I 
awoke  to  the  realization  that  I 
had  finally  made  it.  Those  pokey 
years  of  growing  up  (I  thought)  were 
now  behind  me.  This  was  what  I 
had  been  waiting  for,  because,  you 
see,  this  was  my  thirteenth  birthday, 
and  I  was  starting  in  my  teens. 
What  a  wonderful  birthday  gift! 
Life  took  on  a  new  lease! 

Really,  I  can  still  feel  the  thrill 
that  surged  through  my  blood  as  I 
visioned  the  future  years  and  what 
I  would  do  with  them.  I  hope  I'll 
always  have  that  thrill;  but,  do  you 
know,  if  I  were  in  my  teens  again, 
there  are  a  few  changes  I  would 
certainly    make. 

I  would  open  my  eyes  wider,  and 
by  so  doing,  be  able  to  see  that  those 
who  had  been  placed  over  me  to 
guard  and  protect  me  from  pitfalls 
and  harm  were  much  wiser  than  I. 

First — I  would  pay  greater  rever- 
ence to  the  teachings  of  my  wonder- 
ful parents,  instead  of  sometimes 
complaining  and  saying  to  them, 
"Other  girls  stay  out  late — why  can't 
I?" 

Second — I  would  value  my  leaders, 
those  who  had  been  chosen  to  teach 
me  gospel  ideals  and  sacred  truths. 
I  would  pay  attention  to  their  words 
instead  of  letting  my  mind  wander 
outside  the  classroom  into  avenues 
where  the  Lord's  Spirit  had  not  been 
invited. 

Third — I  would  try  to  be  more  of 
a  leader  than  a  follower  in  my  crowd. 
I  would  try  to  be  an  example  for 
good,  always  remembering,  "Our 
shadows  fall  where  we  may  never 
be." 

Fourth — I  would  fervently  thank 
my  Heavenly  Father  for  my  many 
blessings  and  gifts,  and  especially  for 


our  MIA  theme — that  bit  of  scrip- 
ture so  carefully  and  prayerfully 
chosen  each  year  to  help  guide  young 
people  like  me.  I  would  store  these 
sacred  words  in  my  soul  and  live 
them  every  day  in  some  way  to  make 
a  better  me. 

Yes,  if  I  were  in  my  teens,  I  most 
certainly  would  keep  my  eyes  wide 
open.  Then  when  I  needed  hope, 
courage,  or  strength,  I  could  see  where 
and  how  to  find  it. 

With  my  eyes  wide  open  I  could 
see  farther  than  the  disappointments, 
discouragements,  and  heartaches  of 
the  moment,  for  in  conquering  each 
one  I  would  find  continued  growth. 

Youth  is  a  glorious  age.  If  well 
planned,  it  will  bring  joy  and  real 
happiness;  if  well  lived,  it  brings 
satisfaction  and  realization  of  the 
splendid  dreams  of  youth. 

Keep  your  eyes  wide  open,  youth  of 
today,  as  you  travel  the  highway  of 
life,  which  we,  your  leaders,  hope  will 
lead  you  through  gates  of  worthiness 
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TOMORROW 

By  Dorothy  Marie  Davis 

f  never  saw  a  boy  who  wouldn't  climb 

■*•  A  wall  or  fence  or  rather  climb  a  gate 

Than  open  it — whether  he  had  an  hour 

For  leisurely  meander  or  was  late. 

Not  if  the  boy  was  worth  his  salt!   He'd  dare 

A  tree  for  fruit  or  just  to  be  on  top — 

And    ridgepoles — while  his  elders   gasp   and 

stare. 
Fences  and  peaks  seem  made  for  boys  who 

learn 
By  bumps  and  falls  what  older  people  know. 
But  fresh  years  come  along,  and  where  stars 

burn 
A  challenge  on  the  vast  uncharted  height, 
Sometime  some  boy  will  scale  the  blue  wall 

night. 

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The  Best  Mode  of  Travel 

By   Ezra  J.   Poulsen 

We  used  the  best  method  of  travel 
ever  known  to  man  when  we 
came  into  this  valley,"  said 
Thomas  Sleight,  a  pioneer  of  south- 
ern Idaho  in  1863,  at  a  public  meet- 
ing in  Paris,  Idaho,  many  years  later. 

Among  some  of  the  teen-agers  of 
the  automobile  era,  there  was  a 
snicker.  How  could  such  a  thing  be 
when  they  had  no  automobiles? 

Then  Brother  Sleight  clinched  his 
point  in  a  simple,  explosive  statement: 
"We  walked!  Is  anyone  here  willing 
to  surrender  his  ability  to  walk  for  a 
new  automobile?"  There  were  no 
hands.  For  a  moment  the  audience 
stared  dumbfounded  at  the  tall, 
white-haired  speaker*  then  broke  into 
laughter. 

So  often,  we  take  our  choicest  bless- 
ings for  granted  or  fail  to  recognize 
them  at  all.  Yet  how  important  to 
happiness  are  the  little  things  which 
cost  no  money  and  are  forever  en- 
riching our  lives!  Though  we  nor- 
mally have  the  ability  to  walk,  few 
seem  to  enjoy  walking.  It  is  really 
very  fascinating  and  may  lead  to  no 
end  of  pleasant  experiences. 

We  may  be  equally  unresponsive 
to  the  sunrise  on  the  mountains  or 
the  kindness  of  a  friend.  It  is  hard 
to  appreciate  blessings  showered  on 
us  so  abundantly  they  seem  limitless. 
But  the  universal  economy  requires 
positive  reactions  to  opportunity. 
Thus,  the  lazy  man  finds  his  muscles 
growing  flabby;  the  indifferent  stu- 
dent loses  the  ability  to  concentrate; 
the  pampered  son  of  wealth  fails  to 
find  happiness  in  work;  and  the  spir- 
itual  drone  loses  contact  with  God. 

This  brings  us  back  to  Thomas 
Sleight.  .He  was  a  man  who  found 
culture  and  refinement  even  in  the 
wilderness  and  was  capable  of  im- 
parting these  qualities  to  others. 
Though  he  taught  school  in  a  log 
cabin,  he  lived  to  see  his  pupils 
graduated  from  great  universities;  he 
planted  the  first  tree  in  the  town  he 
helped  to  found;  he  kept  a  faithful 
record  of  his  daily  experiences,  which 
came  to  be  the  most  authentic  his- 
tory of  the  settlement.  The  barest 
account  of  his  many  activities  fills  a 
large  volume.  This  is  exactly  what 
you  would  expect  of  a  man  who 
enjoyed  the  free  use  of  the  "best 
means  of  travel  known  to  man." 
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flavor  (and  color)  ...  not 
just  "more  of  it"  .  .  .  for  nothing  is  cooked 
or  boiled  away.  For  the  same  reason,  you  use 
less  fruit  and  sugar,  yet  get  more  jam  — 
4  pints  from  4  cups  of  fruit!  And  how 
nice  not  to  have  to  work  over  a  hot  stove! 
Try  the  uncooked  PEACH  JAM  recipe  (be- 
low) .  .  .  you'll  be  glad  you  did! 

HERE'S  THE  RECIPE* 

1.  Pit  or  slice  and  grind  fine  enough  peaches 
to  make  3%  level  cups  ground.  Put  in  2  or 
4  qt.  kettle  and  at  once  add  V\  cup  lemon 
juice  (to  prevent  darkening  or  "pre-setting"). 
Sift  in  slowly  3y2-oz.  package  M.C.P.  JAM 
AND  JELLY  PECTIN  (no  other  will  do), 
stirring  vigorously.  Set  aside  30  minutes, 
stirring  occasionally  to  dissolve  pectin 
fully. 

2.  Add  1  cup  light  corn  syrup.  Mix  well. 

3.  Measure  exactly  5V2  level  cups  beet  or 
cane  sugar  into  dry  dish;  gradually  stir  into 
ground  fruit.  Wanning  to  100°F.  (tempera- 
ture for  baby's  milk)  will  hasten  sugar  dis- 
solving.  No  hotter,  please! 

4.  When  sugar  is  dissolved,  jam  is  ready  to 
eat.  Makes  4  full  pints. 

5.  Because  these  are  uncooked  jams,  never 
store  them  on  pantry  shelf.  They  won't 
keep  without  refrigeration.  To  keep  for  a 
month  or  more,  chill  for  24  hours  in  deep 
freeze,  or  freezing  or  ice  cube  compartment 
of  refrigerator.  Then,  store  as  you  would  milk 
and  use  as  desired.  To  make  large  amounts 
at  one  time  and  keep  them  tor  a  long  period, 
storage  in  deep  freeze  (10°  below  to  20° 
above  zero)  is  needed. 

°Copr.  1954  M.C.P.  Co. 

IMPORTANT!  Complete 

recipes   for   both    cooked 

and    uncooked    jams    are 

now   being  packed   in  the 

M.C.P.  PECTIN  package. 

If    recipe    folder    you    get 

does  NOT  include  those  for  uncooked  jams, 

write  M.C.P.  Co.,  Anaheim.  Calif. 

AN  OLD  FASHIONED  REMEDY  FOR 
HOT  WEATHER  WEARINESS! 

REFRESHING  LEMON- 
ADE .  .  .  cooling,  whole- 
some ,  .  .  and  so  easy  to 
make  with  M.C.P.  CAN- 
NED LEMON  JUICE!  As 
for  economy  —  one  small 
can  makes  nearly  2  quarts 
of  lemonade  for  a  few 
cents  a  glass!  And,  what  better  hot  weather 
beverage  is  there  for  youngsters  and  grown- 
ups alike -for  M.C.P.  LEMON  JUICE  is 
pure,  full-strength,  unadulterated,  rich 
in  Vitamin  C.  It's  NOT  "reconstituted"  . .  . 
does  not  contain  preservatives  of  any 
kind,  such  as  unwholesome  sulphur  dioxide 
or  benzoate  of  soda.  (It's  wise  to  read  the 
label  carefully  when  you  buy  lemon  juice, 
canned  or  bottled.)  Once  you've  used  M.C.P. 
LEMON  JUICE  you'll  keep  some  handy  al- 
ways. It  costs  less  than  home-squeezed  juice 
...  is  ready  for  instant  use  (without  muss  or 
fuss)  in  so  many  wonderful  ways.  There's  a 
fine  Recipe  Folder  that's  FREE  for  the  ask- 
ing. Just  write  M.C.P.  Kitchen  Laboratory, 
Anaheim,  Calif.  (There's  M.C.P.  FROZEN 
LEMON  JUICE,  too,  you  know.  If  your  gro- 
wer hasn't  got  it,  he  can  easily  get  it  for  you. ) 


-But  No  Hyacinths" 

By  Florence  J.  Johnson 


Mrs.  Lacey  sniffed  enviously  as 
her  hostess  took  from  the  oven 
large  loaves  of  bread  just  the 
right  shade  of  golden  brown. 

"I  don't  see  how  you  do  it,  Myra 
Willetts.  I'd  rather  eat  your  bread 
than  cake  any  day." 

"Go  along  with  your  blarney,  Nell," 
laughed  the  other  woman.  "But  re- 
member, I  get  enough  practice  with 
this  family  of  mine." 

"When  are  you  going  to  take  time 
to  read  some  of  those  books  you've 
been  buying?  Didn't  you  get  another 
big  package  today?  I  thought  you 
weren't  going  to  buy  any  more  for  a 
while." 

"I  know,"  Mrs.  Willetts  flushed 
guiltily.  "But  these  looked  so  in- 
teresting.   I'm  going  to  start  tonight." 

"I'll  believe  that  when  I  see  it.  You 
said  the  same  thing  two  months  ago, 
when  a  box  of  books  came.  'Fess  up, 
Myra.    Have  you  read  one  chapter?" 

Again  the  color  deepened  in  Myra 
Willetts'  cheek. 

"I  know.  It  seemed  as  though  the 
children  needed  more  attention  than 
ever  these  past  weeks." 

With  a  bang  and  a  clatter,  the  door 
flew  open.     The  children  were  home. 

"Fresh  bread!  Oh  boy!  Can  we 
have  some,  Mom?    We're  starved." 


"Yes.  One  biscuit.  It  will  soon 
be  time  for  supper.  Jimmy,  whatever 
aid  you  do  to  your  shirt?"  as  she  saw 
the  fragments  of  what  that  morning 
had  been  a  whole  garment. 

"It  got  torn  when  Billy  and  I  were 
wrestling." 

Jimmy  spread  the  butter  lavishly 
on  his  biscuit  before  he  surrendered 
the  knife  to  his  older  sister  who 
wailed:  "Look,  Mom,  at  my  dress,  and 
Sara  has  a  big  hole  in  her  stocking." 

"Oh,  dear!  I  thought  I  was 
through  with  the  mending  for  this 
week.  I  even  put  the  basket  away, 
thinking  it  might  work  a  charm.  Go 
and  change  your  clothes,  all  of  you. 
You  look  disreputable."  Myra  Wil- 
letts looked  at  her  friend  and  smiled 
resignedly.  But  her  friend  did  not 
return  the  smile.  She  was  looking 
keenly  at  the  children.  Not  until 
they  had  left  the  room  did  she  speak. 

"Myra,  we're  too  good  friends  to 
quarrel.  But  Lucy  and  Sara  are  both 
old  enough  to  do  their  own  mending. 
And,  this  is  the  third  straight  day 
that  Jimmy  has  come  with  a  torn 
shirt.  Rough  play  is  all  right,  but  I 
don't  think  it's  necessary  to  tear  one's 
clothing  while  playing." 

"I   know,   Nell."     Myra   admitted 

(Concluded  on  page  602) 


Are  you,  even  on  your  busiest 
days,  taking  time  out  to  enjoy  life 
with    your    hyacinths? 


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"-BUT  NO  HYACINTHS" 


{Concluded  from  page  600) 
the  truth  of  her  friends  remarks. 
"Both  the  girls  hate  sewing,  and 
Jimmy  has  been  warned.  But  I  hate 
to  nag  them  and  spoil  their  day.  Be- 
sides the  days  of  youth  go  so  fast. 
I  want  them  to  have  happy  mem- 
ories." 

"How  about  your  own  memories, 
Myra?"  her  friend  wanted  to  know. 
"You  have  a  right  to  some  time  for 
yourself.  Of  course,  the  family 
should  come  first,  but  there  should 
be  a  little  time  each  day  for  your 
very  own.  You  haven't  been  to  any 
of  our  Church  meetings  for  several 
weeks.  You've  even  dropped  out  of 
our  little  informal  sewing  circle.  Are 
you  being  fair  to  yourself?  But,  there, 
I've  said  too  much.  But  anyway, 
think  it  over,  Myra." 

Thoughtfully,  Myra  Willetts 
watched  her  friend  and  neighbor  close 
the  door  behind  her.  Then  a  glance 
at  the  clock  sent  her  scurrying,  for- 
getting the  advice  that  had  just  been 
given  her. 

Late  that  night,  when  socks  and 
dresses  and  shirts  were  once  more 
mended,  a  weary  woman  paused  in 
front  of  the  well-filled  bookcase  and 
touched  the  books  longingly.  If  she 
could  only  sit  down  and  read  them. 
With  a  sigh  she  turned  away  and 
stumbled  up  the  stairs. 


"Books  I  buy  to  learn  myself  to 
be  as  smart  as  Mrs.  Meade,  the 
doctor's  wife,  but  all  I  have  time  for 
is  to  mend  and  bake  bread,  bread, 
and  more  bread.  Maybe  tomor- 
row— " 

With  lightened  step  at  the  hope, 
she  went  the  faster,  as  if  to  hasten  the 
tomorrow,  forgetting  that  her  tomor- 
rows in  the  past  had  always  been  as 
busy  as  her  yesterdays — bread  for  the 
body,  but  no  hyacinths  for  her  soul. 

Are  you  a  Myra  Willetts? 

Or,  are  you  even  on  your  busiest 
days,  taking  time  out  to  enjoy  life 
with  your  hyacinths? 

Bread  we  need  for  sustenance,  but 
for  the  enrichment  of  life,  the  neces- 
sary impetus  to  gain  our  goal,  we  need 
hyacinths — hyacinths  of  beauty,  of 
friendship,  of  companionship,  of  in- 
terests outside  the  home. 

The  walls  of  our  home  can  narrow 
our  vision,  and  they  can  broaden  our 
outlook,  but  it  depends  on  the 
hyacinths  we  care  for. 

The  family  grows.  Each  day  is 
one  step  forward  into  the  great  world 
beyond.  The  mother  must  keep  pace. 
Bread  for  her  family — loving  atten- 
tion and  guidance— yes,  but  for  her- 
self, as  well,  there  must  be  hyacinths. 

Gather  for  yourself  a  bouquet  of 
hyacinths  and  nurture  them  well. 


MELCHIZEDER  PRIESTHOOD 


(Concluded  from  page  585) 

Group  Projects 

In  many  stakes  in  the  Church 
Melchizedek  Priesthood  quorums  are 
composed  of  two  or  more  groups  liv- 
ing in  different  wards.  The  1952 
reports  indicate  that  there  were  1607 
Melchizedek  Priesthood  group  projects 
in  the  Church  that  year  in  compari- 
son to  2872  quorum  projects;  and 
so  nearly  thirty-six  percent  of  the 
Melchizedek  Priesthood  projects  were 
conducted  on  the  group  level.  The 
1953  reports  were  quite  similar. 
There  were  2070  group  projects  re- 
ported and  3881  quorum  projects,  or 
thirty-five  percent. 

The  General  Authorities  advise  that 
all  group  as  well  as  quorum  projects 
should  be  conducted  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  quorum  presidencies 
and  that  those  projects  are  completely 


602 


subject  to  quorum  jurisdiction.  The 
proceeds  from  those  projects  carried 
forward  for  collecting  funds  should 
go  into  a  common  quorum  fund.  No 
Melchizedek  Priesthood  group  in  the 
Church  should  possess  funds  separate 
from  its  quorum,  but  proceeds  or 
profits  made  from  quorum  projects, 
as  well  as  those  accrued  from  group 
projects  within  quorums,  should  all 
go  into  a  common  fund. 

In  cases  where  Melchizedek  groups 
belonging  to  the  same  quorum  have 
projects,  the  quorum  presidency 
should  arrange  for  all  groups  in  that 
particular  quorum  to  have  projects, 
in  order  that  opportunities  for  work 
might  be  equally  distributed  and  the 
proceeds  equally  shared.  Experience 
has  proven  that  by  following  such  a 
policy  Melchizedek  Priesthood  quo- 
rums become  unified  and  strength- 
ened. 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  ERA 


Liverpool  to  the  Great 
Salt  Lake  Valley 

(Continued  from  page  563) 
In  life  ever  united,  sharing  reverses 
and  prosperity,  rejoicing  together, 
and  mourning  in  company,  fate  dared 
not  separate  them.  They  died  the 
same  death  and  at  the  same  time;  and 
while  their  spirits,  in  loving  fra- 
ternity, winged  their  course  to  God 
who  sent  them  down,  their  poor, 
bleeding,  inanimate  bodies  kept 
mournful  company,  until  weeping 
friends  interred  them  both. 

"The  landlord  of  the  tavern  took 
me  to  the  jail  and  obtained  admit- 
tance for  me.  The  keeper  was  away 
and  I  was  shown  over  it  by  a  young 
girl.  The  holes  made  in  the  wall  by 
the  bullets  still  remained  unstopped. 
The  bullet  hole  in  the  door  is  that 
made  by  the  ball  which  caused  the 
death  of  Hyrum.  .  .  . 

"Having  seen  the  place  and  made 
my  sketches  I  was  glad  to  leave.  Two 
lives  unatoned  for  and  'blood  crying 
from  the  ground,'  made  the  spot 
hateful." 

Continuing  his  account,  Mr.  Piercy 
stated,  "I  did  not  cross  the  state  of 
Iowa  from  Keokuk  with  the  emi- 
grants, but  returned  to  St.  Louis, 
from  whence  I  went  up  the  Missouri 
River  by  steamboat,  to  St.  Joseph, 
Mo.,  a  distance  of  about  470  miles 
and  from  thence  by  land  to  Kanes- 
ville,  a  further  distance  of  about  150 
miles.  In  travelling  by  land  from 
St.  Joseph,  I  necessarily  had  to  cross 
a  portion  of  Iowa,  and  entered 
Kanesville,  now  called  Council  Bluffs 
City,  by  the  Bluff  road,  and  a  very 
bad  road  it  was.  It  is  difficult  to 
climb  clayey  hills  in  wet  weather, 
so  that  my  friends  and  I  scrambled 
up  and  slid  down  alternately. 

"The  city  is  situated  at  the  mouth 
of  a  small  valley,  beside  a  stream 
called  Indian  Creek.  .  .  . 

"I  found  Kanesville  to  be  a  very 
dirty,  unhealthy  place,  and  withal  a 
very  dear  place  to  make  an  outfit  for 
the  Plains,  notwithstanding  the  as- 
sertions of  holders  of  property  and 
merchants  settled  there  to  the  con- 
trary.  .  .   . 

"Emigrants  should  be  very  cau- 
tious and  particular  with  everything 
they  purchase,  keeping  in  view,  that 
mistakes  cannot  be  remedied  on  the 
journey.  When  a  storekeeper  as- 
sures you  that  bacon,  or  ham  is  sweet 

(Continued  on  following  page) 
AUGUST  1954 


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Liverpool  to  the  Great 
Salt  Lake  Valley 

(Continued  from  preceding  page) 
and  good,  don't  be  content  with  his 
word,  but  cut  into  it  and  see  for 
yourself.  When  crackers,  biscuit  or 
wanted,  eat  some  of  the 
and  smell  and  taste  the 
The  same  caution  may  be 
useful  in  all  things.  ..." 

(The  sketch  which  Mr.  Piercy 
made  of  the  Council  Bluffs  Ferry 
across  the  Missouri  River  is  planned 
as  a  cover  for  the  September  issue.) 

On  Saturday  the  eleventh  of  June 
1853,  the  young  artist  wrote  in  his 
journal,  "Arrived  at  ELc  rtorn.  We 
camped  on  the  east  side  uritil  Monday 
about    noon,    resting!  |  anfi\  repairing 


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flour   are 
crackers, 
flour.  .  .  . 


wagons.  As  there^ere  two  or  three 
wheelwrights  in  the  /S&rrlp  this  was 
done  most  readily„fc/A  fine  fat  buck 
was  shot  by  one,«of  the  boys  and 
brought  into  camp,  and  eaten,  of 
course.  While  halting  at  this  place  I 
made  the  accompanying  sketch." 

The  sketch  of  Joseph  Smith,  the 
young  artist  made  "from  a  litho- 
graph published  in  New  York,"  the' 
one  of  Hyrum  was  copied  "from  a 
portrait  in  the  possession  of  his  fam- 
ily," while  "the  portrait  of  the  late 
Patriarch,  Father  John  Smith  [uncle 
of  the  Prophet]  is  likewise  from  a 
daguerreotype  in  the  possession  of 
Elder  S.  W.  Richards,  which  has  been 
pronounced  true  to  life." 

(To  be  continued) 
604 


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Richard  L.  Evans 


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[uch  of  life  is  made  up  of  things  we  think  we  will  one  day 
do:  of  things  we  postpone,  of  things  we  set  aside,  of 
things  we  leave  too  late.  And  one  of  the  things  we  could 
best  determine  to  do  this  day,  would  be  for  fathers  and  sons 
(and  daughters)  to  draw  a  little  nearer,  to  come  a  little 
closer — to  take  a  little  more  time  for  a  closer  kind  of  com- 
panionship with  those  who  have  first  claims — with  those  who 
mean  the  most.  Too  many  of  us  wait  too  long  for  the 
cherished  times  together,  for  the  intimate  outings,  for  the 
quiet  hours  of  an  evening,  for  the  fuller  talking  out  of  im- 
portant personal  problems  with  the  close  confidence  of  an 
understanding  heart.  It  is  not  so  much  the  sending;  it  is 
not  so  much  the  preaching  of  the  precepts;  it  is  not  altogether, 
even,  the  providing — but  the  going  with,  the  doing  with, 
the  being  with  that  brings  a  closer  kind  of  kinship.  Fathers 
are  often  too  closely  confined  to  the  business  of  providing 
things  physical  and  financial.  Often  in  their  daily  pursuits, 
they  live  competitive  lives  to  make  the  means  to  help  to  make 
the  home — to  provide  the  things  by  which  their  loved  ones 
may  better  live.  And  being  preoccupied  with  pressure  and 
problems,  they  may  sometimes  leave  some  things  too  late. 
One  day  all  of  us,  alike,  will  stand  before  the  Father  of  us 
all,  to  give  an  account  of  what  we  have  done  with  what 
we  have  had.  And  when  that  day  comes  for  all  of  us,  God 
grant  that,  through  the  useful  virtue  of  our  lives,  we  shall 
be  an  honor  to  the  "fathers  of  our  flesh,"1  as  well  as  to  the 
"Father  of  [our]  spirits"1 — that  we  shall  be  such  sons  and 
daughters  that  he  could  say  also  of  us:  "This  is  my  beloved 
Son,  in  whom  I  am  well  pleased."2  God  bless  this  day— and 
every  day — the  fathers  who  have  faced  the  world  for  us 
in  many  ways.  And  may  this  day  increasingly  become  a 
symbol  of  a  closer  kind  of  companionship  between  fathers 
and  daughters  and  sons — that  fathers  may  have  a  fuller 
sense  of  being  fathers,  and  that  sons  may  have  a  finer  sense 
of  being  sons — and  that  both  may  seek  to  see  and  do  the 
things  for  one  another  that  are  sometimes  left  too  late. 

Spoken      lAJord        FRQM    TEMpLR   SQUAR£ 

PRESENTED  OVER  KSL  AND  THE  COLUMBIA  BROADCASTING 

SYSTEM,  JUNE  20,  1954 

Copyright,  1954 


Hebrews  12:9. 

2Matt.  3:17  &  Matt.  17:5. 


AS  LONG  AS  THERE  IS  LOVELINESS 


By  Ethelyn  M.  Kincher  To   fill  each   awful   ache   and   direful   need. 

Though    steeped    in    darkness,    stunned    by 

As  long  as  there  are  corners  of  the  earth       .     ,mi?,erJ'.     u -■    ,  ,  ,,        11,1 

,ir1  tv  ■         •     j      1  11       And  soiled  in  battle,  we  may  tall  and  bleed, 

•   Where   loveliness    is   prized    above    ail  J 

a    j     m^s'.    1  1  r      ..     1  4.1.       A  moment's  loveliness  can  come  to  be 

And  good  is  honored  for  its  honest  worth,       A    Hght    thflt    penetmtes    the    darkest    bar 

To  point  a  soul  the  way  to  ecstasy. 
What    man    can    say   that    love    no    longer 

sings?  While   wonder    lights   the   heavens   star   by 

For  each  small  grain  of  beauty  is  the  seed,  star, 

That  sown,  can  grow  to  giant   harvestings       Between  man   and   his   God,   it   is   not  far. 

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Entrance  to  King  Tutankhamen's  tomb  in 
the  Valley  of  the  Kings. 


In  the  Steps  of  Abraham 

(Concluded  from  page  567) 
come  from  the  tombs  and  catacombs 
in  this  area  is  the  Book  of  Abraham. 
Here,  in  1831,  a  Frenchman  named 
Antonio  Sebolo  (or  Lebolo)57  opened 
a  large  catacomb  which  contained 
several  hundred  mummies.  Sebolo 
took  with  him  eleven  of  the  best  pre- 
served mummies,  those  that  had  been 
embalmed  after  the  first  (most  ex- 
pensive) order.  These  mummies  were 
those  of  Egyptian  nobility.  Some  of 
these  mummies  had  papyrus  scrolls 
buried  with  them  and  it  was  one  of 
these  scrolls  that,  eleven  years  later, 
was  to  be  known  to  the  world  as  the 
book  of  Abraham. 
And  so  my  story  ends. 

NOTES 

55G.  Olaf  Matson,  The  Palestine  Guide 
(Jerusalem:  Joshua  Simon,  fifth  edition), 
p.  288. 

D6No.  3,  Book  of  Abraham;  Gen.  12:10-20. 

57James  R.  Clark,  Before  Ye  Go  Into  Egypt 
(Brigham   Young   University,    1952),   p.   46. 


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{Concluded  from  page  536) 
up    before    supper.      We    heard    the 
house  mother. 

"Come  on,  girls,"  she  sang  out. 
She  called  us  "girls."  Well,  that 
was  nice.  We  all  gathered  in  the 
spacious  main  hall  where  the  burning 
logs  in  the  huge  fireplace  gave  off  a 
pungent  odor;  this,  with  the  delicious 
odors  of  food  coming  from  the  kitchen, 
made  us  forget  such  things  as  diets, 
and  life  seemed  Quite  wonderful. 

We  all  sang  a  song,  then  one  of 
the  mothers  said  a  prayer  of  thanks- 
giving and  asked  the  blessing  on  the 
food,  after  which  we  enjoyed  a  most 
satisfying  meal. 

The  first  night  at  the  Chautauqua 
was  get-acquainted  night.  Each 
mother  found  out  all  she  could  about 
the  mother  on  her  left  and  then  told 
the  group.  Mother  and  daughter, 
best  friends,  and  sister  groups,  were 
in  the  crowd.  I  had  five  sisters  there, 
and  what  fun  we  had  telling  family 
stories  on  each  other.  After  this 
program  we  went  upstairs  and  donned 
our  best  evening  apparel  and  came 
back  down.  Someone  played  a 
march  on  the  piano,  and  we  had  the 
finest  pajama  parade  you  ever  saw. 
Back  upstairs  in  bed  we  still  found 
time  to  laugh  and  tease  each  other 
in  friendly  fun  before  going  to  sleep. 

There  were  many  things  to  do  at 
Chautauqua.  Some  of  the  mothers 
went  on  hikes;  some  read,  played 
games,  or  just  visited.  There  were 
experts  in  ceramic  painting  and  arti- 
ficial flower-making  who  came  up  to 
teach  us.  A  beauty  operator  came 
one  afternoon  and  prettied  up  some 
of  the  mamas,  while  the  rest  of  us 


got  some  excellent  ideas  on  beauty 
care.  In  the  evenings  entertainers 
were  brought  up  from  Provo  and 
Orem;  one  night,  however,  was  set 
aside  as  stunt  night,  when  the  mothers 
put  on  the  entire  program.  We  had 
to  improvise  stage  properties,  and  this 
affair  produced  some  very  versatile 
mamas.  The  orchestra,  with  combs 
and  kitchen  utensils  for  instruments, 
added  extra  spice  to  the  program. 

Singing  together,  praying  together, 
and  gathering  around  the  flagpole  for 
the  flag-raising  ceremonies  each 
morning  are  experiences  we  like  to 
remember  and  which  we  wish  to  en- 
joy again. 

On  Friday  afternoon  a  banquet 
was  held.  Special  guests  were 
present,  including  two  women  from 
the  general  board  of  the  YWMIA.  We 
enjoyed  their  messages  and  also  the 
rest  of  the  fine  program  which  was 
a  fitting  climax  to  another  successful 
Chautauqua. 

After  the  banquet  the  busses  came 
to  take  us  home.  We  said  good-bye 
to  friends  with  the  promise  that  we 
would  try  to  come  back  again  the 
next  year.  The  house  mother  told 
us  she  had  enjoyed  us  just  as  she 
had  told  the  fifteen  hundred  girls 
she  had  taken  under  her  wing  the 
same  summer.  We  left  this  holiday 
home  with  a  feeling  that  our  lives 
had  been  made  a  little  more  com- 
plete, a  little  richer  somehow.  It 
was  nice  to  be  going  home,  too.  We 
had  something  to  think  and  talk 
about,  and  something  to  smile  about 
for  a  long,  long  time — maybe  even 
until  time  for  the  next  mother's 
Chautauqua! 


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THE  BOOK  OF  MORMON 
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(Franklin  S.  Harris,  Jr.  Church  of  Jesus 
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"Cor  missionary  and  general  use,  this 
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Robert  Douglas,  piano  conductor,  Margaret  Jennings;  second  row: 
Teresa  Neilson,  Zoe  McCurdy,  Bonnie  White,  Marilyn  Williams; 
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